The benefit of information sharing in a logistics outsourcing context

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-208

  Zolfagharinia, Hossein ^a   Haughton, Michael A ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information sharing; Logistics outsourcing; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866028951     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2012.048935     Document Type: Article

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