Legal analysis of a contract for advanced logistics services

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 673-696

  Olander, Mari ^a   Norrman, Andreas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contract; Distribution management; Financial risk; Fourth party logistics; Legal analysis; Logistics service providers; Property law; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864434666     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031211258147     Document Type: Article

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