Logistics Service Providers and Value Creation Through Collaboration: A Case Study

Long Range Planning

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-128

  Wang, Xiaobei ^a   Persson, Gøran ^a   Huemer, Lars ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDER; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; VALUE CREATION; VALUE LOGIC;

LOGISTICS;

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SERVICE SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84910050659     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: 18731872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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