Green supply chain agility in EMS ISO 14001 manufacturing firms: Empirical justification of social and environmental performance as an organisational outcome

International Journal of Procurement Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-69

  Fernando, Yudi ^a   Saththasivam, Geevaneswary ^a  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Green supply chain agility; GSCA; Malaysia; Manufacturing; Procurement; Social performance; Sustainable supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005865118     PISSN: 17538432     EISSN: 17538440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPM.2017.080911     Document Type: Article

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