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Interactions between operational research and environmental management

1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 85; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0377-2217(94)00294-m

1872-6860

Jacqueline M. Bloemhof‐Ruwaard, P. van Beek, L. Hordijk, Luk N. Van Wassenhove,

Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Economic growth is frequently considered to be in conflict with sustainable development and environmental quality. Therefore, a decision maker needs to know how to deal with the environmental issues that come around. This article aims to inform Operational Researchers of the possibilities of incorporating environmental issues when analyzing industrial supply chains and to inform environmental scientists more generally of the value of using OR models and techniques in environmental research.