The impact of green supply chain management practices on firm performance: the role of collaborative capability

Operations Management Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 69-83

  Choi, Donghyun ^a   Hwang, Taewon ^b  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative capability; Eco design; Green supply chain management; Investment recovery; Natural resource based view; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948568595     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-015-0100-x     Document Type: Article

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