The impact of integrated logistics relationships on third-party logistics service quality and performance

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-55

  Panayides, Photis M ^a   So, Meko ^b  

^a Cyprus International Institute of Management   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Logistics quality; Performance; Relationships; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444366207     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100123     Document Type: Article

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