Carbon emissions of bottled water sector supply chains: a multiple case-study approachFootnote^*

* Preliminary results of the study were presented at the 2015 British Academy of Management conference in Portsmouth (8–10 September) under a different title, and at two internal workshops at the University of Liverpool in 2016 and 2017.

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