Rail freight efficiency and competitiveness in australia

Transport Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-256

  Laird, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT ECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031855564     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441649808717015     Document Type: Article

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