A grey-DEcision-MAking Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) analysis on the barriers between environmentally friendly products and consumers: Practitioners' viewpoints on the European automobile industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 3185-3194

  Shao, Jing ^a,b   Taisch, Marco ^a   Ortega Mier, Miguel ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automobile industry; Barrier analysis; Decision making; Grey DEMATEL; Sustainable production and consumption

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; GREEN MANUFACTURING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; BARRIER ANALYSIS; DEMATEL; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; GREY DECISION MAKING; MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING; PURCHASING BEHAVIORS; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84955502969     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.113     Document Type: Article

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