Assessing the impact of ICT on UK general haulage companies

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-27

  Davies, Ian ^a   Mason, Robert ^a   Lalwani, Chandra ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; Haulage industry; Information and communication technology; Internet freight exchanges

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

HAULAGE INDUSTRY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT); INTERNET FREIGHT EXCHANGES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845501362     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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