Skill requirements of senior-level logisticians: Practitioner perspectives

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-301

  Murphy, Paul R ^a   Poist, Richard F ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Careers; Logistics; Management education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974790     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600039810222747     Document Type: Article

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