The impact of third-party logistics providers capabilities on exporters performance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 741-753

  Yeung, Kwong ^a   Zhou, Honggeng ^b   Yeung, Andy C L ^a   Cheng, T C E ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Resource based view; Strategic orientation; Structural equation modeling; Third party logistics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EXPORT PERFORMANCE; HONG-KONG; LOGISTICS OUTSOURCING; LOGISTICS PROVIDERS; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; RESEARCH MODELS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL); THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS (3PL) PROVIDERS;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84155163985     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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