Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Reflection on Resources and SME Collaboration with Supply Chain Stakeholders

Dorli  Harms; Johanna Klewitz

Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Reflection on Resources and SME Collaboration with Supply Chain Stakeholders

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Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Reflection on Resources and SME Collaboration with Supply Chain Stakeholders. / Harms, Dorli ; Klewitz, Johanna.
European Academy of Management (EURAM) : EURAM 2012 Social Innovation for Competitiveness, Organisational Performance and Human Excellence. Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2012. p. 432 (European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference; Vol. 2012).

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Harvard

Harms, D & Klewitz, J 2012, Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Reflection on Resources and SME Collaboration with Supply Chain Stakeholders. in European Academy of Management (EURAM) : EURAM 2012 Social Innovation for Competitiveness, Organisational Performance and Human Excellence. European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, vol. 2012, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, pp. 432, 12th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management - EURAM 2012, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 06.06.12.

APA

Harms, D., & Klewitz, J. (2012). Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Reflection on Resources and SME Collaboration with Supply Chain Stakeholders. In European Academy of Management (EURAM) : EURAM 2012 Social Innovation for Competitiveness, Organisational Performance and Human Excellence (pp. 432). (European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference; Vol. 2012). Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Vancouver

Harms D , Klewitz J. Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chains: A Reflection on Resources and SME Collaboration with Supply Chain Stakeholders. In European Academy of Management (EURAM) : EURAM 2012 Social Innovation for Competitiveness, Organisational Performance and Human Excellence. Rotterdam: Erasmus University Rotterdam. 2012. p. 432. (European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference).

Bibtex

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