Sustainable supply chain management for minerals

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 151, Issue , 2017, Pages 235-249

  Sauer, Philipp C ^a   Seuring, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Contingency analysis; Literature review; Mineral resources; Supply chain management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; SEARCH ENGINES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

BUYER SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENTS; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85016483962     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.049     Document Type: Review

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