How “smart cities” will change supply chain management

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 237-248

  Tachizawa, Elcio M ^a   Alvarez Gil, María J ^a   Montes Sancho, María J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Logistics; Sustainability; Sustainable supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939271041     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-03-2014-0108     Document Type: Article

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