The role of customer relational governance in environmental and economic performance improvement through green supply chain management

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 46-53

  Zhu, Qinghua ^a   Feng, Yunting ^a   Choi, Seok Beom ^b  

^a Shanghai   (China)

^b Cheju Halla University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Customer relational governance; Economic performance; Environmental performance; Green supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALES; SURVEYS;

CUSTOMER RELATIONS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIONAL GOVERNANCES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84961111631     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.124     Document Type: Article

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