Daily Maersk’s impacts on shipper’s supply chain inventories and implications for the liner shipping industry

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 246-262

  Zhang, Abraham ^a   Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84926517904     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2013.869364     Document Type: Article

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