Finnish-Russian transport and business expectations

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-295

  Inkinen, Tommi ^a   Tapaninen, Ulla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corridors; Freight; Intermodality; Logistics; Transit; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049145222     PISSN: 17494729     EISSN: 17494737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2009.026208     Document Type: Review

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