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Success Factors in Logistics Outsourcing / by Alexander Grahl

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden, 2012Description: Online-Ressource (XV, 109p. 5 illus, digital)ISBN:
  • 9783834970848
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783834933553 | Buchausg. u.d.T.: Success factors in logistics outsourcing. 1. ed. Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2011. XV, 109 S.DDC classification:
  • 658.4058
  • 658.5
RVK: RVK: QP 530LOC classification:
  • HD28-70
  • TS155-TS194
  • HD38.5 .G73 2011
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-8349-7084-8Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; I. Introduction; References Introduction; II. The Flexibility of Logistics Service Providers and its Impact onCustomer Loyalty; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature Review; 3. Theoretical Background and Conceptual Model; 3.1. The Resource-based View; 3.2. Conceptual Model; 4. Research Methodology; 4.1. Sample Design; 4.2. Respondents; 4.3. Measurement Scales; 4.4. Results; 5. Discussion; 5.1. Results Interpretation; 5.2. Managerial Implications; 5.3. Limitations and Future Research; 6. References
7. AppendixIII. Logistics Outsourcing Interfaces: The Role of Customer; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Background and Conceptual Model; 2.1. Customer Partnering Behavior; 2.2. Logistics Outsourcing Performance; 2.3. Conceptual Model and Research Hypotheses; 3. Research Methodology; 3.1. Sample Design and Respondents; 3.2. Measurement Scales; 3.3. Results; 4. Results Discussion; 5. Managerial Implications; 6. Limitations and Future Research; 7. References; 8. Appendix; IV. Relational Behavior in Logistics; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Background; 2.1. The Norms Concept and Relational
2.2. Logistics Outsourcing Performance3. Conceptual Model and Research Hypotheses; 4. Research Methodology; 4.1. Sample Design and Respondents; 4.2. Measurement Scales; 4.3. Results; 5. Discussion; 5.1. Results Interpretation; 5.2. Managerial Implications; 5.3. Limitations and Future Research; 6. References; 7. Appendix; V. Final Conclusion; References Final Conclusion;
Summary: Business relationships between customer firms and their logistics service providers represent an increasingly important element of today’s supply chains and thus, the success of such logistics outsourcing relationships has crucial relevance for the competitiveness of a supply chain. With his three papers on success factors in logistics outsourcing, Alexander de Grahl provides relevant insights regarding this important research question. In detail, adopting different perspectives in the three papers, the work shows how logistics service providers, customer firms and the two parties together can contribute to successful logistics outsourcing relationshipsPPN: PPN: 165108159XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-SBE | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXBM
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