Benchmarking eco-efficiency in green supply chain practices in uncertainty

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 1079-1090

  Tseng, Ming Lang ^a,b   Tan, Kim Hua ^c   Lim, Ming ^d   Lin, Ru Jen ^a   Geng, Yong ^b  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eco efficiency; gain and loss functions; green supply chain practices; TODIM

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FUZZY SET THEORY; SMARTPHONES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BENCHMARKING ACTIVITY; BENCHMARKING TOOLS; ECO-EFFICIENCY; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN; LOSS FUNCTIONS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; TODIM;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84897415193     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2013.808837     Document Type: Article

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