Recently added articles from Journal of Business Logistics:
THE ROLE OF LOGISTICS IN MARKET ORIENTATION
Jul 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION As the business environment becomes more turbulent and competitive, organizations are realizing the resources that have historically sustained competitive advantage are no longer viable. More than ever before, survival depends on acquiring intelligence from outside the ...
A LOGISTICS STRATEGY TAXONOMY
Jul 01, 2008; ... The classification of observed phenomena is one of the most important and basic steps in conducting scientific inquiry (Carper and Snizek 1980). Classification schemes help bring order to complex sets of interrelated phenomena by identifying recurring patterns and common traits among elements ....
INTERORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
Jul 01, 2008; ... A prevailing view held by interorganizational scholars throughout much of the twentieth century was that the nature of business to business relationships depended upon the relative power and control capabilities of participating firms (Mallen 1977). As a result, much of the debate in the ...
BEYOND EXPECTATIONS: AN EXAMINATION OF LOGISTICS OUTSOURCING GOAL ACHIEVEMENT AND GOAL EXCEEDANCE
Jul 01, 2008; ... The worldwide usage and importance of logistics outsourcing have grown dramatically since 1990. Indeed, a recent study by Langley, Sykes, van Dort, and Topp (2006) indicates that of total logistics expenditures in Western Europe and in the U.S., 64 percent and 48 percent, respectively, were ...
A PRACTITIONER'S DECISION MODEL FOR THE TOTAL COST OF OUTSOURCING AND APPLICATION TO CHINA, MEXICO, AND THE UNITED STATES
Jul 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION Outsourcing of operations abroad has become so commonplace as to be taken for a standard of doing business. In the past year, almost 1600 newspaper articles have been published with "outsourcing" in the headline. Wal-Mart alone brings in over $15 billion in goods from China ...
A COMPARISON OF ACTUAL AND INTENDED CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO RETAIL STOCKOUTS
Jul 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION Retail stockouts is a subject of growing interest to researchers and practitioners. After a period of sporadic research activity, major contributions published in the last few years significantly extended the body of knowledge. This interest is developing in two major ...
EXAMINATION OF A PATH MODEL RELATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FIRM PERFORMANCE
Jul 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION The value of information technology (IT) to modern organizations has become an important and recurring topic for discussion and debate (Bharadwaj 2000; Melville, Kraemer, and Gurbaxani 2004; Santhanam and Hartono 2003). Both the academic and practitioner trade literatures ...
PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS OF PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE EXTENSION: THE CASE OF THE A-10 AIRCRAFT
Jul 01, 2008; ... The views expressed in this research represent the personal views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Defense or of the Department of the Air Force. INTRODUCTION In the case of capital equipment, the initial acquisition cost is often a small ...
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN THE GERMAN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
Jul 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION Josef A. Schumpeter, the Austrian economist, recognized as early as 1911 that innovation ("invention") was the motor of every economic development (Schumpeter 1911). Nearly 100 years later, innovation has become the buzzword of a time marked by rapid technological change, ...
EMPLOYING LATENT CLASS REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE LOGISTICS THEORY: AN APPLICATION OF TRUCK DRIVER RETENTION
Jul 01, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION Logistics researchers have long recognized the importance of segmenting customers, employees, and suppliers. For example, Bowersox, Closs, and Stank (2000) suggest that building long term successful relationships with customers is based on understanding that different ...
EDITORIAL
Jul 01, 2008; ... The year of 2008 will undoubtedly be one that will be remembered for a number of reasons. Major cyclones and earthquakes devastated several countries, crude oil prices reached record highs, environmental issues became higher priorities for the world's economies, and supply chain management (SCM) ...