Evaluating CO2 emissions associated with international outsourcing in manufacturing supply chains

Modern Applied Science

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 20-33

  MoosaviRad, Seyed Hamed ^a   Kara, Sami ^a   Ibbotson, Suphunnika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co2 emissions; Decision support system; Environmental sustainability; Input output analysis; International outsourcing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885161519     PISSN: 19131844     EISSN: 19131852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v7n10p20     Document Type: Article

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