The influence of contractual and relational factors on the effectiveness of third party logistics relationships

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-175

  Hofenk, Dianne ^a   Schipper, Rinaldo ^b   Semeijn, Janjaap ^a   Gelderman, Cees ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contract; Relationship effectiveness; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960991597     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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