Globalisation strategies and business organisation of a network of logistics service providers

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-228

  Lemoine, W ^a   Dagnæs, Lars ^a  

^a Institut for Transportstudier   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Globalization; Internationalization; Logistics; Networks; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844589130     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030310471961     Document Type: Article

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