Buyer-supplier relationships on environmental issues: A contingency perspective

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 1849-1860

  Sancha, Cristina ^a   Wong, Christina W Y ^b   Gimenez Thomsen, Cristina ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Contingency; Environmental

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SALES;

BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; CONTINGENCY; CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; RELATIONAL MECHANISMS; SUPPLIER COMMITMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 84953273213     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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