Mergers and acquisitions synergies for US third-party logistics providers

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-272

  Jim, Yen Chun Wu ^a   Cheng, Ming Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DEA; Mergers and Acquisitions (M A); synergy theory; Third Party Logistics (TPL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350236982     PISSN: 1741539X     EISSN: 17415403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijsoi.2006.011015     Document Type: Article

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