Alignment between green supply chain management strategy and business strategy

International Journal of Procurement Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-451

  Whitelock, Vincent G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Business strategy; Chain management; Green procurement; Green supply; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878872725     PISSN: 17538432     EISSN: 17538440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2012.047198     Document Type: Article

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