Critical barriers in implementing reverse logistics in the Chinese manufacturing sectors

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 147, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 460-471

  Abdulrahman, Muhammad D ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Subramanian, Nachiappan ^a  

^a The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; China; Manufacturing; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS; CHINA; CHINESE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; IMPLEMENTATION MODELS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; MULTINATIONAL FIRMS; PAPER-BASED PRODUCTS; REVERSE LOGISTICS;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84889652470     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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