Integrated green supply chain management and operational performance

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 683-696

  Yu, Wantao ^a   Chavez, Roberto ^b   Feng, Mengying ^c   Wiengarten, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

China; Green supply chain management; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915775418     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-07-2013-0225     Document Type: Article

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