Using organisational theories to further our understanding of socially sustainable supply chains: The case of fair trade

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-420

  Moxham, Claire ^a   Kauppi, Katri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extended resource based view; Fair trade; Institutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923077817     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-09-2013-0332     Document Type: Article

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