An ISM approach for the barrier analysis in implementing green supply chain management

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 283-297

  Mathiyazhagan, K ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b,c   NoorulHaq, A ^a   Geng, Yong ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Barriers; Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM); Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM); SMEs

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURVEYS;

BARRIERS; DEPARTMENT MANAGERS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879949465     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.10.042     Document Type: Article

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