Environmental and social sustainability prioritiesn: Their integration in operations strategies

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-345

  Longoni, Annachiara ^a   Cagliano, Raffaella ^b  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b Politecnico di Milano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental and social sustainability; Operations strategies configuration models; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921872609     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2013-0182     Document Type: Article

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