Exploring the potential impact of relationship characteristics and customer attributes on the outcomes of third-party logistics arrangements

Transportation Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-19

  Knemeyer, A Michael ^a   Murphy, Paul R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LOGISTICS;

EID: 17044401385     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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