Outsourcing decisions and environmental sustainability

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1494-1499

  Moosavirad, Seyed Hamed ^a   Kara, Sami ^a   Ibbotson, Suphunnika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

decision making; environmental sustainability; green outsourcing; outsourcing; research methods

Indexed keywords

CAUSE AND EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL MARKET; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; POTENTIAL RESEARCHES; REVIEW PAPERS;

DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84877596804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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