Environmental sustainability initiatives: A comparative analysis of plant efficiencies in Europe and the U.S.

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 353-365

  Schoenherr, Tobias ^a   Talluri, Srinivas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis (DEA); environmental sustainability initiatives (ESI); global survey; institutional theory; manufacturing industry; resource based view

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; POLLUTION PREVENTION; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84876746157     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2012.2198653     Document Type: Article

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