Trust, transactions, and information technologies in the U.S. logistics industry

Economic Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-180

  Aoyama, Yuko ^a   Ratick, Samuel J ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial organization; Information technologies; Logistics industry; Trust

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LOGISTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250008221     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2007.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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