Environmental management: the role of supply chain capabilities in the auto sector

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-19

  Liu, Yang ^a   Srai, Jagjit Singh ^b   Evans, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Environmental management; Regression analysis; Resource based view; Surveys; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953875877     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-01-2015-0026     Document Type: Article

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