Implementing sustainability in multi-tier supply chains: Strategies and contingencies in managing sub-suppliers

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  International Journal of Production Economics

• Publication date

  2016-12-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.IJPE.2016.08.006
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