Sustainability management beyond organizational boundaries-sustainable supplier relationship management in the chemical industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 94-102

  Leppelt, Thomas ^a   Foerstl, Kai ^b   Reuter, Carsten ^c   Hartmann, Evi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Purchasing and supply management; Sustainability; Sustainable supplier relationship management

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGIES; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENTS; SUPPLY MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENTS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK PERCEPTION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883173746     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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