Sustainable technology selection decision-making model for enterprise in supply chain: Based on a modified strategic balanced scorecard

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 141, Issue , 2017, Pages 1337-1348

  Xia, De ^a   Yu, Qian ^a   Gao, Qinglu ^a   Cheng, Guoping ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Decision making; Sustainability; Technology selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATION THEORY; MACROS; SITE SELECTION; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BALANCED SCORECARDS; DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY DECISION MAKINGS; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; VALUE-ADDED ACTIVITY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84994499961     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.083     Document Type: Article

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