A NOTE ON MAIL SURVEYS AND RESPONSE RATES IN LOGISTICS RESEARCH

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-222

  Larson, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mail Survey; Response Rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747146859     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2005.tb00212.x     Document Type: Article

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