Quantitative models for sustainable supply chain management: Developments and directions

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-312

  Brandenburg, Marcus ^a,d   Govindan, Kannan ^b   Sarkis, Joseph ^c   Seuring, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Literature review; OR in environment and climate change; OR in societal problem analysis; OR in sustainability; Supply chain management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OR IN SOCIETAL PROBLEM ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTS (SCM); SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84893648204     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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