Assessing the social sustainability of supply chains using Best Worst Method

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 126, Issue , 2017, Pages 99-106

  Badri Ahmadi, Hadi ^a   Kusi Sarpong, Simonov ^a,b   Rezaei, Jafar ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Eco Engineering and Management Consult Limited   (Ghana)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best worst method; BWM; Social sustainability; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

BEST WORST METHOD; DECISION MAKERS; INDUSTRY MANAGERS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; MANUFACTURING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANAGER; PHYSICIAN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85026402741     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.07.020     Document Type: Article

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