Supply chain perspective on competitive strategies and green supply chain management strategies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 141, Issue , 2017, Pages 1303-1315

  Laari, Sini ^a   Töyli, Juuso ^a   Ojala, Lauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Green supply chain management; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; STRATEGY;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84994220075     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.114     Document Type: Article

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