Using AHP to evaluate barriers in adopting sustainable consumption and production initiatives in a supply chain

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 181, Issue , 2016, Pages 342-349

  Luthra, Sunil ^a   Mangla, Sachin Kumar ^b   Xu, Lei ^c   Diabat, Ali ^d  

^a Government Polytechnic   (India)

^b GRAPHIC ERA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); SCP adoption barriers; Supply chain management (SCM); Sustainable consumption and production (SCP)

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ADOPTION BARRIERS; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTS (SCM); SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84964345767     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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