Evaluation of transportation practices in the California cut flower industry

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Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-193

  Nguyen, Christine ^a,b   Toriello, Alejandro ^a,b   Dessouky, Maged ^a,b   Moore II, James E ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture industry; Cut flowers; Freight consolidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876883810     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: 1526551X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.1120.0654     Document Type: Article

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