Proposal of a sustainability index for the automotive industry

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 2113-2144

  Salvado, Miguel F ^a   Azevedo, Susana G ^a   Matias, João C O ^a   Ferreira, Luís M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Campus Universitário de Santiago   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AHP; Development sustainability; Supply chain management; Sustainability index

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84923239469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7022113     Document Type: Article

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