Measuring social issues in sustainable supply chains

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-45

  Ahi, Payman ^a   Searcy, Cory ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indicators; Metrics; Performance measures; Social issues; Supply chains; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928118625     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MBE-11-2014-0041     Document Type: Article

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