Empirical study on efficiency of regional freight logistics in China

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-320

  He, Zhuqing ^a   Sun, Linyan ^a   Wang, Yuanqing ^b   Zhu, Chunyan ^c,d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d XI'AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); External logistics; Freight logistics; Relative efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745045256     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2006.009778     Document Type: Review

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