How Environmental Innovations Emerge and Proliferate in Supply Networks: A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 66-86

  Nair, Anand ^a   Yan, Tingting ^b   Ro, Young K ^c   Oke, Adegoke ^d   Chiles, Todd H ^e   Lee, Su Yol ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case study; Complex adaptive systems; Emergence; Environmental innovation; Process research; Supply networks; Theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959256283     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12102     Document Type: Article

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