Identification of critical success factors to achieve high green supply chain management performances in Indian automobile industry

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-199

  Luthra, Sunil ^a   Qadri, Mohammad Asim ^b   Garg, Dixit ^a   Haleem, Abid ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; CSFs; Green supply chain management; GSCM; Performance measurement; SCM; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902298611     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2014.062325     Document Type: Article

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