Unchained from the chain: Supply management from a logistics service provider perspective

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Huemer, Lars ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Logistics service provider; Supply management; Systematic resource combining

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855500891     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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