Green supply chain management: theoretical framework and further research directions

Benchmarking

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 184-218

  Dubey, Rameshwar ^a   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^b   Papadopoulos, Thanos ^c  

^a SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; Competitive advantage; Green supply chain management; Organizational theories; Supply chain; Sustainable supply chain; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009478205     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BIJ-01-2016-0011     Document Type: Review

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