Effects of Logistics Capabilities on Performance in Manufacturing Firms
This study,based on a survey of 1000 manufacturing firms in central south,south and central China regions,examines the relationship among logistics capabilities,competitive advantage and firm performance.By exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses,the scale of manufacturing firms logistics capabilities is obtained.The results show that logistics capabilities can be conceptualized as a three dimensional construct:process capability,flexibility capability and information integration capability.Furthermore,after testing research hypotheses by LISREL,we find that process,flexibility and information integration capabilities all have significant effects on competitive advantage,and that only process capability has significant effects on firm performance.The implications for our findings are also presented for the improvement of manufacturing firms logistics capabilities.
Manufacturing firm Logistics capabilities Process capability Flexibility capability Information integration capability
LIU Li LUO Dingti
School of Economics & Finance,Hunan University of Technology,Taishan Road,Zhuzhou,Hunan Province,China
国际会议
The 3rd International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2010(第三届物流与供应链管理国际研讨会)
长沙
英文
50-57
2010-07-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）