Effects of supply chain position on the motivation and practices of firms going green

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-114

  Lo, Sonia M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Supply chain management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890450194     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2012-0133     Document Type: Article

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