Urban dynamic real-time distribution services: Insights from SMEs

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-388

  Zeimpekis, Vasileios ^a   Giaglis, George M ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Small to medium sized enterprises; Supply chain management; Transport management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746374707     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390610678304     Document Type: Article

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