When Buyers and Suppliers Work Together, the Environment Wins

Title:	When Buyers and Suppliers Work Together, the Environment Wins
Author:	Biehl, Markus Joshi, Ashwin
Identifier:	00021
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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Subject:	Business Environment and Sustainability
Type:	Research Summary
Rights:	Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10315/29106
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.
Date:	2008