Strategic groups in taiwanese liner shipping

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-26

  Marlow, Peter ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SHIPPING;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033007158     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030888399287032     Document Type: Article

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