Green supply chain management practices and performance

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1088-1109

  Laosirihongthong, Tritos ^a   Adebanjo, Dotun ^b   Choon Tan, Keah ^c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Green supply chain management; Institutional theory; Performance

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; LOW-COST STRATEGIES; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PERFORMANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884138690     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-04-2013-0164     Document Type: Article

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