A critical review of "green" procurement: Life cycle analysis of food products within the supply chain

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-244

  Beer, Sean ^a   Lemmer, Christian ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Environmental management; Food industry; Green; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898416708     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554211111142194     Document Type: Article

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