Green initiatives: A step towards sustainable development and firm's performance in the automobile industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-129

  Kushwaha, Gyaneshwar Singh ^a   Sharma, Nagendra Kumar ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Automobiles; Green initiatives; Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM); Sustainable development; The environment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; AUTOMOBILES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CARBON; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; GLOBAL WARMING; MANUFACTURE; MARKETING; PLANNING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FUEL EFFICIENT CARS; GREEN INITIATIVES; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; MARKETING CAPABILITY; THE ENVIRONMENT;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84960130437     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.072     Document Type: Article

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