Parcel deliveries and urban logistics: Changes and challenges in the courier express and parcel sector in Europe - The French case

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-22

  Ducret, Raphaëlle ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

European CEP sector; Parcel delivery issues; Urban freight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905718293     PISSN: 22105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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