Enterprise systems: Are we ready for future sustainable cities

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 264-283

  Ahmad, Naim ^a   Mehmood, Rashid ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Enterprise systems; Firm s performance; Supply chain management; Sustainable supply chains; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946166755     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-11-2014-0370     Document Type: Article

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