Inside out: The interrelationships of sustainable performance metrics and its effect on business decision making: Theory and practice

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 128, Issue , 2018, Pages 155-166

  Gong, Mengfeng ^a   Simpson, Andrew ^a   Koh, Lenny ^a   Tan, Kim Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business decision making; Corporate governance mechanism; Performance metrics; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS DECISION MAKING; BUSINESS DECISIONS; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISM; DECISIONS MAKINGS; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; PERFORMANCE METRICES; SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

DECISION MAKING;

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION THEORY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85034080412     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.11.001     Document Type: Article

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