A Note on the Use of Survey Research Firms to Enable Empirical Data Collection

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-300

  Schoenherr, Tobias ^a   Ellram, Lisa M ^b   Tate, Wendy L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c The University of Tennessee Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

empirical data collection; forward thinking article; research methodology; survey research firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941771205     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbl.12092     Document Type: Article

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