The use of outsourcing logistics activities: The case of Turkey

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 833-852

  Aktas, Emel ^a   Agaran, Berrin ^b   Ulengin, Fusun ^b   Onsel, Sule ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Logistics; Outsourcing; Structured disguised survey; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LOGISTICS; OUTSOURCING; SURVEYS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS; INFORMATION SOURCES; LOGISTICS FUNCTIONS; OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY; TURKEY;

SERVICE INDUSTRY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LOGISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTSOURCING; PLANNING METHOD; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

TURKEY;

EID: 79955953319     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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