Shipper-Carrier relationships and their effect on carrier performance

Transportation Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 5-18

  Zsidisin, George A ^a   Voss, M Douglass ^b   Schlosser, Matt ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c The Hershey Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34248639292     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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