Evaluation of the external forces affecting the sustainability of oil and gas supply chain using Best Worst Method

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 153, Issue , 2017, Pages 242-252

  Wan Ahmad, Wan Nurul Karimah ^a,b   Rezaei, Jafar ^a   Sadaghiani, Saman ^a   Tavasszy, Lóránt A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Best Worst Method; External forces; Multi criteria decision making; Oil and gas; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEST WORST METHOD; EXTERNAL FORCE; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OIL AND GAS; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85018334014     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.166     Document Type: Article

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