The use of ICT in road freight transport for CO2 reduction - An exploratory study of UK's grocery retail industry

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2-29

  Wang, Yingli ^a   Rodrigues, Vasco Sanchez ^a   Evans, Leighton ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; CO2 reduction; Grocery retailing; ICT; Road freight transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928709196     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-02-2013-0021     Document Type: Article

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