The impact of sustainable manufacturing practices on sustainability performance: Empirical evidence from Malaysia

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 182-204

  Abdul Rashid, Salwa Hanim ^a   Sakundarini, Novita ^b   Raja Ghazilla, Raja Ariffin ^a   Thurasamy, Ramayah ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d AZMAN HASHIM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Economic performance; Environmental performance; Social performance; Structural equation modelling; Sustainability performance; Sustainable manufacturing practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009951609     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2015-0223     Document Type: Article

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