Order lead-time of grocery retailers in the UK and Greek markets

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 349-358

  Menachof, David A ^a   Bourlakis, Michael A ^b   Makios, Thrasyvoulos ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Makios Logistics Services   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Distribution management; Food industry; Greece Paper type; Retail trade; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349609653     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540910980260     Document Type: Article

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