Sustainable supply chain practices: An empirical investigation on Indian automobile industry

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-64

  Gopal, P R C ^a   Thakkar, Jitesh ^b  

^a THIAGARAJAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

performance measurement; structural equation modeling; supply chain management; supply chain sustainability; sustainability

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TECHNIQUES; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84947047004     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2015.1060368     Document Type: Article

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