Supply-chain research opportunities with the poor as suppliers or distributors in developing countries

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1483-1494

  Sodhi, Manmohan S ^a,b   Tang, Christopher S ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

micro entrepreneurs; social business; social enterprise; socially responsible operations; supply chain management; supply chain surplus; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908123101     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12161     Document Type: Article

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