An empirical examination of the relationship between business strategy and socially responsible supply chain management

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 589-621

  Hoejmose, Stefan ^a   Brammer, Stephen ^b   Millington, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Social responsibility; Supply chain; Supply chain management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877824662     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571311322733     Document Type: Article

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