IMPACT OF RISING FUEL COST ON PERISHABLE PRODUCT PROCUREMENT

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 223-242

  Acharya, Ram N ^a   Kagan, Albert ^b   Manfredo, Mark R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost price thresholds; Perishables; Procurement strategy; Vector autoregressive (VAR) model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953842853     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2009.tb00106.x     Document Type: Article

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