Freight transportation efficiency through horizontal cooperation in flanders

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-178

  Cruijssen, Frans ^a   Dullaert, Wout ^b   Joro, Tarja ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Horizontal cooperation; Road transportation companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953300601     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675560903224962     Document Type: Article

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