Framing sustainability performance of supply chains with multidimensional indicators

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-257

  Varsei, Mohsen ^a   Soosay, Claudine ^a   Fahimnia, Behnam ^b   Sarkis, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidimensional framework; Performance measurement; Supply chain design; Supply chain management; Supply chain sustainability performance; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919493791     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-12-2013-0436     Document Type: Article

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