The impact of freight discount on the design of a product recovery network

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Unnikrishnan, V S ^a   Srinivasan, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

3PLs; Discount; Product recovery; Third party logistics; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026657020     PISSN: 17589401     EISSN: 1758941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2010.034467     Document Type: Article

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