Reputational risks and sustainable supply chain management: Decision making under bounded rationality

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 695-719

  Roehrich, Jens K ^a   Grosvold, Johanne ^a   Hoejmose, Stefan U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Decision making; Multiple case studies; Reputational risk; Responsible supply chain management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899737094     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-10-2012-0449     Document Type: Article

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