When Buyers and Suppliers Work Together, the Environment Wins

Date

2008

Authors

Biehl, Markus
Joshi, Ashwin

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Abstract

When buyers collaborate with their suppliers, the suppliers are more likely to invest in technologies that not only react to environmental problems but prevent them. These investments have benefits for both the suppliers and the buyers – economically, socially, and environmentally.

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Business, Environment and Sustainability

Citation

Biehl, M., & Joshi, A. (2005). How can manufacturers influence the environmental performance of their suppliers? In K. Engemann & G. Lasker (Eds.), Advances in decision technology and intelligent information systems (pp. 6-11). Windsor: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics.