Trade-offs in supply chain transparency: The case of Nudie Jeans Co

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-104

  Egels Zandén, Niklas ^a   Hulthén, Kajsa ^b   Wulff, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Supplier relationships; Supply chain; Supply networks; Sustainability; Trade offs; Transparency

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; SUPPLY NETWORKS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; SWEDISHS; TRADE OFF;

TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 84942983290     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.074     Document Type: Article

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