Antecedents and performance outcomes of strategic environmental sourcing: An investigation of resource-based process and contingency effects

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-190

  Schoenherr, Tobias ^a   Modi, Sachin B ^b   Talluri, Srinivas ^a   Hult, G Tomas M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Environmental supplier collaboration; Institutional pressure; Mediated moderation; Mediation; Moderation; Product performance; Resource based theory; Strategic environmental sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027922976     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12052     Document Type: Article

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