Strategy dynamics in the logistics industry: A transactional center perspective

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-117

  Fulconis, François ^a   Saglietto, Laurence ^b   Paché, Gilles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Information systems; Outsourcing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846914395     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710718999     Document Type: Article

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