Influence of stakeholders and sources when implementing business sustainability practices

International Journal of Procurement Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 146-165

  Høgevold, Nils M ^a   Svensson, Göran ^a   Wagner, Beverly ^b   Varela, Juan Carlos Sosa ^c   Ferro, Carlos ^d   Padin, Carmen ^d  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business sustainability; Market and societal stakeholder; Networks; Supply chain; Upstream

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962507744     PISSN: 17538432     EISSN: 17538440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2016.075261     Document Type: Article

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