The impact of strategic organizational orientations on green supply chain management and firm performance

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 269-292

  Kirchoff, Jon F ^a   Tate, Wendy L ^b   Mollenkopf, Diane A ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Environmental orientation; Green supply chain management; Resource based theory; Strategic capabilities; Strategic choice theory; Strategic decisions; Supply chain orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960960262     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-03-2015-0055     Document Type: Article

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