Forescasting turning points in shipping freight rates: Lessons from 30 years of pratical effort

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 253-284

  Randers, Jørgen ^a   Göluke, Ulrich ^b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 36348952143     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.376     Document Type: Article

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