Benchmarking the interactions among barriers in third-party logistics implementation: An ISM approach

Benchmarking

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 805-824

  Diabat, Ali ^a   Khreishah, Abdallah ^b   Kannan, Govindan ^c   Panikar, Vinay ^d   Gunasekaran, Angappa ^e  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; ISM; Logistics; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885069250     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BIJ-04-2013-0039     Document Type: Article

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