Transportation strategy in international supply chains - The case of Russia

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-186

  Saranen, Juha ^a   Szekely, Bulcsu ^a   Hilmola, Olli Pekka ^a,b,c,d   Toikka, Tero ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Finland; Lean; Production networks; Russia; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049468945     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2010.030865     Document Type: Article

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