Sustainable Supply Chains: Governance Mechanisms to Greening Suppliers

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 189-203

  Gimenez, Cristina ^a   Sierra, Vicenta ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Green supply management; Greening suppliers; Supply chain governance mechanisms; Sustainable supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883769319     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1458-4     Document Type: Article

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