Low carbon supplier selection in the hotel industry

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2658-2684

  Hsu, Chia Wei ^a   Kuo, Tsai Chi ^b   Shyu, Guey Shin ^a   Chen, Pi Shen ^c  

^a TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon management; DANP; FDM; Hotel industry; Supplier selection; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LEISURE INDUSTRY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902994294     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6052658     Document Type: Article

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