Using fourth-party logistics management to improve horizontal collaboration among grocery retailers

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 316-327

  Hingley, Martin ^a   Lindgreen, Adam ^b   Grant, David B ^c   Kane, Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution management; Food industry; Retailers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052633972     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541111155839     Document Type: Article

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