The relative emphasis on supply-chain/logistics topics by UK industry in hiring postgraduates and by UK universities in teaching and research

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 506-521

  Bourlakis, Michael ^a   Sodhi, ManMohan S ^b   Son, Byung Gak ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

employer needs; job advertisements; postgraduate programmes; supply chain logistics; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890797213     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2013.841134     Document Type: Article

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