Outsourcing distribution and logistics services within the automotive supplier industry

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-468

  Reeves, Kingsley A ^a   Caliskan, Fethullah ^a   Ozcan, Ozan ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Logistics; Outsourcing; Resource based view; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LOGISTICS;

AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKERS; DISTRIBUTION SERVICES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EN-ROUTE; LOGISTICS SERVICES; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM; THROUGH THE LENS; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

OUTSOURCING;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS; OUTSOURCING; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 74449083128     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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