Modelling and analysis of sustainable operations management: Certain investigations for research and applications

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 806-823

  Gunasekaran, Angappa ^a   Irani, Zahir ^b   Papadopoulos, Thanos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

future research directions; literature review; modelling and analysis; operations; sustainability

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESEARCH;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODELLING AND ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84899905539     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2013.171     Document Type: Article

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