Sustainable supply chain management in developing countries: An analysis of the literature

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 189, Issue , 2018, Pages 263-278

  Jia, Fu ^a   Zuluaga Cardona, Laura ^b   Bailey, Adrian ^b   Rueda, Ximena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Content analysis; CSR; Developing countries; Supply chain; Sustainability; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85053303916     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.248     Document Type: Article

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