The status and development of logistics cost management: Evidence from Mainland China

Benchmarking

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-670

  Song, Hua ^a   Wang, Lan ^b  

^a Renmin University of China   (China)

^b BEIJING LANGUAGE AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Costs; Distribution management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350230094     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770910987869     Document Type: Article

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