The effects of green supply chain management on the supplier’s performance through social capital accumulation

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-55

  Lee, Su Yol ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Green supply chain management; Operational performance; Social capital; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921834488     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-01-2014-0009     Document Type: Article

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