Exploring the Framework Development Status for Sustainability in Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Synthesis and Future Research Directions

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 873-892

  Ansari, Zulfiquar N ^a   Kant, Ravi ^a  

^a SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

constructs; frameworks; literature; supply chain; sustainability; sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 85009513896     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1945     Document Type: Article

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