Corporate supply chain responsibility: Drivers and barriers for sustainable food retailing

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 65-82

  Chkanikova, Olga ^a   Mont, Oksana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Barriers; Corporate responsibility; Drivers; Food retailers; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925444586     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1316     Document Type: Article

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