Improving sustainability in global supply chains with private certification standards: Testing an approach for assessing their performance and impact potential

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 226-250

  Vermeulen, Walter J V ^a   Metselaar, Janneke A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coffee; Developing countries; Fairtrade; Governance; Supply chain; Sustainable development; Utz certified

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923185778     PISSN: 17533627     EISSN: 17533635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2015.067437     Document Type: Article

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