World class sustainable supply chain management: Critical review and further research directions

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 332-362

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Childe, Stephen J ^c   Papadopoulos, Thanos ^d   Wamba, Samuel Fosso ^e  

^a SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Literature review; Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM); Theoretical framework; Triple bottom line; World class SSCM (WCSSCM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995927642     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-07-2015-0112     Document Type: Review

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