Driving sustainable supply chain management in the public sector: The importance of public procurement in the European Union

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-366

  Amann, Markus ^a   Roehrich, Jens K ^b   Eßig, Michael ^a   Harland, Christine ^c  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy; Procurement file analysis; Public procurement; Public private relationships; Social responsibility; Sustainability; Sustainable supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928108043     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-12-2013-0447     Document Type: Article

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