Locating the competitive relation of global logistics hub using quantitative SWOT analytical method

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-107

  Lee, Kuo Liang ^a   Huang, Wen Chih ^b   Teng, Junn Yuan ^c  

^a OVERSEAS CHINESE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competing strategy; Competitive position; Fuzzy AHP; Global logistics hub; Quantitative SWOT; Quantitative qualitative criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849086581     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9087-1     Document Type: Article

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