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Logistics Outsourcing Partnerships: Conceptual Model

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Abstract

The worldwide usage and importance of logistics outsourcing has grown dramatically over the last decades and will continue to do so. A model of logistics outsourcing relationship is developed and hypotheses are presented regard-ing the antecedents and consequences of trust. The objective of this research is to describe the relationships between logis-tics service providers and their customers. It aims at increasing interaction between customers and logistics service provid-ers. Our analysis is based on an extensive survey of the literature on logistics outsourcing relationship.

Published in International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijefm.20130102.13
Page(s) 81-88
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Keywords

Logistics; Outsourcing; Relationship; Model; Trust

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