Relationship-marketing elements and Third-Party Logistics: Perspectives from an emerging nation

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-396

  Sohail, M Sadiq ^a   Malikakkal, Navaz C ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Zamil Steel Buildings India Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

3PL; Outsourcing; Relation marketing; Relationship element; Saudi Arabia; Third Party Logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051610083     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2011.041862     Document Type: Review

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