Logistics outsourcing relationships : measurements, antecedents, and effects of logistics outsourcing performance /

Logistics outsourcing relationships : measurements, antecedents, and effects of logistics outsourcing performance /

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Author / Creator:	Deepen, Jan M.
Imprint:	Heidelberg ; New York : Physica Verlag, c2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 350 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Contributions to management science Contributions to management science.
Subject:	Business logistics. Contracting out. Business logistics. Contracting out.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8881758

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ISBN:	9783790819380 3790819387 6610937931 (electronic bk.) 9786610937936 (electronic bk.) 9783790819168 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 3790819166 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--WHU--Otto Beisheim School of Management, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-350). Description based on print version record.
Summary:	In recent years, logistics outsourcing has gained increasing importance and today is used by a large number of firms across virtually all industries worldwide. Logistics service providers have developed a wide array of services that are utilized to improve logistics processes - and mainly to cut costs. This book uses state-of-the-art scientific methods to reveal that most firms currently do not realize the full potential of logistics outsourcing. It shows the complexity of outsourcing performance and that its true drivers lie in the relationship between service providers and their customers. Th.
Other form:	Print version: Deepen, Jan M. Logistics outsourcing relationships. Heidelberg ; New York : Physica Verlag, c2007 9783790819168 3790819166

Table of Contents:

Introduction; Basic concepts; Theoretical framework; Antecedents and effects of logistics outsourcing performance; Methodology and sample characteristics; Construct operationalization; Structural models; Summary and results.