Performance measurement of sustainable supply chains: A literature review and a research agenda

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 782-804

  Taticchi, Paolo ^a   Tonelli, Flavio ^b   Pasqualino, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Literature review; Performance measurement; Supply chain management; Sustainable supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885064283     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-03-2013-0037     Document Type: Article

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