Case studies in logistics: A review and tentative taxonomy

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-408

  Dinwoodie, John ^a   Xu, Jingjing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies in logistics; Research design; Taxonomy of case studies; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 52349105019     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560802389130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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