THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN LOGISTICS RESEARCH

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-168

  Carter, Craig R ^a   Ellram, Lisa M ^b   Tate, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Extension   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Issues; Logistics Distribution; Safety Health Issues; Social Network Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85085007468     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2007.tb00235.x     Document Type: Article

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