A configuration of sustainable sourcing and supply management strategies

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 137-151

  Akhavan, Roya Manuela ^a   Beckmann, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Configuration approach; Supplier management; Sustainable sourcing; Sustainable supply management; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995404133     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2016.07.006     Document Type: Article

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