Global intermediation and logistics service providers / Laurence Saglietto and Cécile Cezanne [editors].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saglietto, Laurence, author.

Contributor:

Saglietto, Laurence, editor.

Cezanne, Cécile, editor.

Series:

Advances in logistics, operations, and management science (ALOMS) book series.

Advances in logistics, operations, and management science (ALOMS) book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics--Contracting out.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

PDFs (412 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hershey, PA : IGI Global, [2017]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"[This book] is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on outsourcing strategies in contemporary business environments and examines the role of intermediaries in the dynamics of decision-making and process management. Highlighting pivotal discussions across a myriad of relevant topics, such as open innovation, competitive advantage, and social capital, this book is ideally designed for professionals, practitioners, researchers, and students interested in the impact of service providers within industrial organizations"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intermediary and intermediation: which logistics services? / Laurence Saglietto

A framework for thinking intermediation in logistics management / Alban Quillaud

Roles of intermediaries in developing resilient systems: a community approach to food micro-producers / Martin Hingley, Eliseo L. Vilalta-Perdomo

4PL intermediation: exploring dimensions of social capital / Nejib Fattam, Gilles Paché

Exploring the role of open innovation intermediaries: the case of public research valorization / Pierre-Jean Barlatier, Eleni Giannopoulou, Julien Pénin

Intermediation and innovation contests on the Internet: lessons from the study of two platforms / Isabelle Liotard, Valérie Revest

Global supply chain management organization at Siemens in the advent of Industry 4.0 / Ioan Petrisor, Diana Cozmiuc

The need for news forms of financial intermediation / Tristan Auvray, Thomas Dallery, Sandra Rigot

Exploring the sources of the competitive advantage of logistics service providers / Eric Lambourdière, Jérôme Verny, Elsa Corbin

Textile and clothing exporting firms' evaluation of LSPs' capabilities and logistics outsourcing performance / Yasmine El Meladi, Richard Glavee-Geo, Arnt Buvik

The importance of logistics information technologies and knowledge management capabilities on intermediaries' performance / Meltem Yavuz, Burak Deligönül

Convention and visitors bureau: a key intermediary in the events industry / Malgorzata Ogonowska

International distribution: a cross-cultural reading of intermediation / François Cassière, Virginie Noireaux

The roles of logistics service providers and supply chain integration in global supply chain / Kijpokin Kasemsap

Perceived quality of an intermediary and its relations with image and perceived value: an insight from the case of airline alliances / Vikrant Janawade

An overview of feeder services in the era of mega containerships / Olcay Polat.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 3, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781522521341

OCLC:

969433851