Reverse logistics innovation, institutional pressures and performance

Management Research Review

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 615-641

  Huang, Yi Chun ^a   Yang, Min Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental performance; Institutional pressures; Reverse logistics innovation; Sustainable development; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904622185     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MRR-03-2013-0069     Document Type: Article

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