Doing Well by Doing Good? The Self-interest of Buying Firms and Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 28-47

  Busse, Christian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conceptual theory building; Corporate social responsibility; Stakeholder theory; Supply chain risk; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962701147     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12096     Document Type: Article

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