Analysis of sustainability drivers among suppliers of Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-455

  Mehregan, Mohammad Reza ^a   Chaghooshi, Ahmad Jafarnejad ^a   Hashemi, Seyed Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gas industry; Interpretive structural modelling; ISM; SSC; Sustainability drivers; Sustainable suppliers; Sustainable supply chain

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELLING (ISM); LITERATURE REVIEWS; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; STRUCTURAL MODELLING; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLIERS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

GAS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84908024855     PISSN: 17558077     EISSN: 17558085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2014.065217     Document Type: Article

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