Identification and evaluation of influential criteria for the selection of an environmental shipping carrier using DEMATEL: A case from India

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 719-741

  Jia, Peng ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b   Kannan, Devika ^c  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DEMATEL; environmental issues; India; shipping carrier selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946718375     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2015.072684     Document Type: Article

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