Energy-constrained and low-carbon scenarios for the transportation and logistics industry

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 142-166

  Von Der Gracht, Heiko A ^a   Darkow, Inga Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Delphi method; Scenario analysis; Strategy development; Supply chain management; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964680232     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-12-2013-0150     Document Type: Article

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