Where do we go from here? Progressing sustainability implementation efforts across supply chains

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 167-182

  Brockhaus, Sebastian ^a   Kersten, Wolfgang ^a   Knemeyer, A Michael ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; supply chain integration; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900802975     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12017     Document Type: Article

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