National port competitiveness: Implications for India

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1482-1507

  Wu, Yen Chun J ^a   Lin, Chia Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Emerging markets; Transport industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849085368     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810920001     Document Type: Article

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