Social management capabilities of multinational buying firms and their emerging market suppliers: An exploratory study of the clothing industry

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-37

  Huq, Fahian Anisul ^a   Chowdhury, Ilma Nur ^a   Klassen, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Clothing industry; Longitudinal case study; Social sustainability; Stakeholder theory; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH; CAPABILITY; CLOTHING INDUSTRY; EMERGING MARKETS; LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY; MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES; MARKET SUPPLIERS; SOCIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; STAKEHOLDER THEORY;

SALES;

EID: 84989855446     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2016.07.005     Document Type: Article

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