Knowledge management in sustainable supply chain management: Improving performance through an interpretive structural modelling approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 162, Issue , 2017, Pages 806-816

  Lim, Ming K ^a   Tseng, Ming Lang ^b   Tan, Kim Hua ^c   Bui, Tat Dat ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interpretive structural modelling; Knowledge management; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE STORAGE; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELLING; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85024090787     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.056     Document Type: Article

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