Sustainable Development in Supply Chain Management: The Role of Organizational Learning for Policy Implementation

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 241-260

  Oelze, Nelly ^a   Hoejmose, Stefan Ulstrup ^b   Habisch, Andre ^a   Millington, Andrew ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational learning; Responsible supply chain management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84969533994     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1869     Document Type: Article

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