Challenges to logistics development: The case of a Third World country - Bangladesh

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-38

  Abdur Razzaque, Mohammed ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0012614485     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600039710162268     Document Type: Article

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