An exploratory survey of green supply chain management in Chinese manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises pressures and drivers

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-103

  Huang, Xiangmeng ^a   Tan, Boon Leing ^b   Ding, Xiaoming ^a  

^a XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PSB Academy   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Small and medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

GREEN MANUFACTURING; SURVEYS;

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPLORATORY SURVEYS; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84921323150     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-05-2012-0053     Document Type: Article

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