Strategic postures of third-party logistics providers in mainland China

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 793-819

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Zantow, Kenneth ^b   Lai, Fujun ^b   Wang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Competitive strategy; Distribution management; Third party vendors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750699682     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030610714607     Document Type: Article

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