Review of Full Truckload Transportation Service Procurement

Transport Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 599-621

  Jothi Basu, R ^a   Subramanian, Nachiappan ^b   Cheikhrouhou, Naoufel ^c  

^a SETHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

full truckload; procurement; review; transportation service

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; SHIPPING; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 84939470559     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2015.1038741     Document Type: Article

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