Logistics management and firm size; a survey among Polish small and medium enterprises

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 119-126

  de Haan, Job ^a   Kisperska Moroń, Danuta ^b   Placzek, Ewa ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN KATOWICE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Logistics information systems; Small and medium enterprises; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURVEYS; WAREHOUSES;

LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; SOPHISTICATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249952082     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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