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Supply Chain Social Sustainability for Manufacturing

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In the previous chapter, we have explored the literature pertaining to social sustainability and their importance to the supply chain. In addition, we have also explored the relationship between social sustainability and the supply chain performance. In order to achieve our research objectives, in this chapter, we discuss step by step research design for both qualitative and quantitative research in detail.

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  1. Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France

    Dr. V. Mani

  2. LIAAD-INESC TEC and Department of Economics, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Catarina Delgado

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Mani, V., Delgado, C. (2019). Research Design. In: Supply Chain Social Sustainability for Manufacturing. India Studies in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1241-0_3

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