The critical role of ocean container transport in global supply chain performance

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 253-268

  Fransoo, Jan C ^a   Lee, Chung Yee ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ocean containers; research agenda; supply chain management; transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875194010     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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