Greening logistics and its impact on environmental performance: an absorptive capacity perspective

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-226

  Abareshi, Ahmad ^a   Molla, Alemayehu ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; Australia; environmental performance; green logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880058685     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2013.812193     Document Type: Article

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