Third-party purchase: An empirical study of third-party logistics providers in China

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 189-200

  Shi, Yangyan ^a,b   Zhang, Abraham ^c   Arthanari, Tiru ^b   Liu, Yanping ^d   Cheng, T C E ^e  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Structural equation modeling; Supply chain innovation; Supply chain management; Third party logistics; Third party purchase

Indexed keywords

SALES; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATIONS; THIRD PARTIES; THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84945347145     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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