The impact of transaction costs and institutional pressure on supplier environmental practices

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 353-372

  Tate, Wendy L ^a   Ellram, Lisa M ^b   Dooley, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Institutional theory; Purchasing; Transaction cost theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902524196     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-12-2012-0356     Document Type: Article

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