EFFECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING IN THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-158

  Panayides, Photis M ^a  

^a Cyprus International Institute of Management   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Logistics service providers; Organizational learning; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149158425     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2007.tb00061.x     Document Type: Article

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