Key themes and research opportunities in sustainable supply chain management – identification and evaluation

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 66, Issue , 2017, Pages 195-211

  Reefke, Hendrik ^a   Sundaram, David ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delphi; Future Research; Governance; Performance; Risk; Supply Chain Management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84963976833     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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