Financial statement analysis of logistics service providers: Ways of enhancing performance

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-342

  Hofmann, Erik ^a   Lampe, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asset structure; Balance sheet analysis; Capital structure; Contingency theory; Cross cluster correlation; Financial performance; Financial statements; Liquidity structure; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878219183     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-08-2012-0229     Document Type: Article

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