Focus on Fairtrade: Propositions for Integrating Fairtrade and Supply Chain Management Research

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-282

  Karjalainen, Katri ^a   Moxham, Claire ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative trading organizations; Efficiency improvement; Fairtrade; Stakeholder pressures; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884383039     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1469-1     Document Type: Article

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