STRATEGY, STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE: A FRAMEWORK FOR LOGISTICS RESEARCH

Organizational issues have attracted a great deal of attention in logistics. However, developments such as the expanding use of information technology and outsourcing call into question conventional organizational assumptions of past research. This paper proposes a framework for the structural properties of logistics organizations, including supply-chains. Such a framework could be used in research on the organization of logistics and would facilitate comparability among studies. A contingency theory approach is recommended to yield insights into the complex relationships between logistics strategy, structure and performance.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration
  Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada  V6T 1Z2
• Authors:
  • Chow, G
  • Heaver, T D
  • Henriksson, L E
• Publication Date: 1995-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 285-308
• Serial:
  • LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contingency planning; Logistics; Supply
• Old TRIS Terms: Contingency; Strategy
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716610
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 13 1996 12:00AM