Port-Service quality dimensions and passenger profiles: An exploratory examination and analysis

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 402-418

  Pantouvakis, Angelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal shipping; Ferries; Ports; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845632476     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100167     Document Type: Article

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