Developing logistics competencies through third party logistics relationships

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 192-206

  Halldórsson, Árni ^a   Skjøtt Larsen, Tage ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competences; Distribution management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442302896     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570410514885     Document Type: Article

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