A qualitative investigation of innovation between third-party logistics providers and customers

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 944-958

  Wagner, Stephan M ^a   Sutter, Reto ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Schindler Elevator Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case studies; Collaboration; Customer; Innovation; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT SHARING; COLLABORATION; CUSTOMER; CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INNOVATION ACTIVITY; INNOVATION PROJECTS; LOGISTICS PROVIDERS; LOGISTICS SERVICES; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; NEW SERVICES; PROJECT OUTCOMES; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH;

SALES;

EID: 84866740559     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.07.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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