Container port production and economic efficiency

Container Port Production and Economic Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-189

  Wang, Teng Fei ^a   Cullinane, Kevin ^a   Song, Dong Wook ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230505971     Document Type: Book

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