Information technology and efficiency in trucking

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 254-279

  Barla, Philippe ^a   Bolduc, Denis ^a   Boucher, Nathalie ^a   Watters, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODELING; TRUCKING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 74949106478     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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