Long-range transport: Speeding up the cash-to-cash cycle

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 339-347

  Holter, Andreas R ^a   Grant, David B ^a   Ritchie, James M ^a   Shaw, W Nigel ^a   Towers, Neil S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash to cash cycle; Payment terms; Supply chain; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957695458     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2010.518563     Document Type: Article

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