Competitive strategies and organizational performance in ship management

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-140

  Panayides, Photis M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 0041339909     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308883032000084850     Document Type: Article

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