Sustainability of Supply Chains in Costa Rica Focusing on Freight Transportation Emissions
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Managing Value and Supply Chains
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2230-7966,0976-979X
DOI: 10.5121/ijmvsc.2016.7102