Supplier selection problems in fashion business operations with sustainability considerations

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1603-1619

  Jia, Peng ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b   Choi, Tsan Ming ^c   Rajendran, Sivakumar ^d  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d SSM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fashion industry; Multi criteria decision making; Supplier selection; Sustainability; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84923263564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7021603     Document Type: Article

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