The utilisation of foreign trade zones in the global supply chain: An exploratory study

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-125

  Min, Hokey ^a   Lambert, Thomas E ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign trade zones; FTZ; Global supply chain; International trade.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957670584     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2010.030631     Document Type: Article

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