3PL: experiences from China resources logistics (Hong Kong)

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-97

  Gunasekaran, A ^a   Ngai, E W T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3PL; case study; critical success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949098419     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2004.005540     Document Type: Article

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