Drivers of Supplier Sustainability: Moving Beyond Compliance to Commitment

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-92

  Foerstl, Kai ^a   Azadegan, Arash ^b   Leppelt, Thomas ^c   Hartmann, Evi ^c  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Cross functional integration; Resource dependence theory; Sustainability; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921302156     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12067     Document Type: Article

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