Supply chain collaboration for sustainability: A literature review and future research agenda

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 194, Issue , 2017, Pages 73-87

  Chen, Lujie ^a   Zhao, Xiande ^a   Tang, Ou ^b   Price, Lydia ^a   Zhang, Shanshan ^c   Zhu, Wenwen ^c  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Literature review; Supply chain collaboration; Sustainability; Triangulation technique

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EMPLOYMENT; INNOVATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; COLLABORATION PARTNER; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; INNOVATION CAPABILITY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; TRIANGULATION TECHNIQUES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85018684024     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.04.005     Document Type: Article

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