A profit-driven approach to building a "people-responsible" supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 348-360

  Xia, Yu ^a   Zu, Xingxing ^b   Shi, Chunming ^c,d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI LIXIN UNIVERSITY OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE   (China)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Market segmentation; Profit driven; Social responsibility; Supply chain management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; MARKET SEGMENTATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84911008004     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.08.041     Document Type: Article

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