World class logistics - South of the border: An analysis of Mexican maquiladora environmentally responsible practices

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-308

  Cruthirds, Kevin W ^a   Coyle, Tom ^a   Velasco, Marco Polo Tello ^b   Marquez, Blanca G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA MIXTECA   (Mexico)

^c Albea Cosmetics America   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Csr; Environmentally responsible logistics; ERL; Green logistics; Green manufacturing; Logistics planning; Maquiladora; Mexico; NAFTA; North American free trade agreement; Productivity; Quality; Reverse logistics; Sustainability; World class logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926506046     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2015.068471     Document Type: Article

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