第三方物流：一个文献综述和研究议程【外文翻译】

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1、外文翻译原文Thirdpartylogistics:aliteraturereviewandresearchagendaMaterialSource:DepartmentofManagementScienceAuthor:KonstantinosSelviaridisIntroductionInrecentyearstherehasbeenasurgeofacademicinterestandpublicationsintheareaofthirdpartylogistics(3PL).Thiscanbepartlyexplainedbythegro

2、wingtrendofoutsourcinglogisticsactivitiesinawidevarietyofindustrialsectors.Thecontinuingwaveofconsolidationwithinthe3PLindustryhasalsoresultedintheemergenceoflargecompaniesthathavethecapabilitiestooffersophisticatedlogisticssolutionsonacontinentalorevenglobalscale.Suchlogistics

3、serviceproviders(LSPs)strivetoassumeamorestrategicrolewithinthesupplychainofclients,expandingtheirscaleandscopeofoperations.Despitethegrowinginterestin3PL,theliteratureonthisareaappearstobedisjointed.Basedonanextensiveliteraturereview,thispaperaimstoofferataxonomyof3PLstudiesan

4、dpointoutopportunitiesforfurtherresearch.Inapreviousattempt,summarisedtheresultsoftheirliteraturesurveywhichalsoincludedarticlesfrompractitionerjournalsandthetradepress.Forthesakeofrigour,thepresentstudyconcentratesonlyonrefereedjournalpaperspublishedduring1990-2005.Analysisoff

5、indingsTheanalysisofliteratureisbasedonmultipledimensions.Bothcontent-andmethod-orientedcriteriaareused.Thepaperswerefirstlyclassifiedaccordingtotheirresearchpurpose(descriptivevsnormative)andnature(empiricalvsconceptual).Theresultsindicatethatmost3PLstudies(60percent)areempiri

6、cal-descriptiveinnature.3PLstudiesareweaklytheorised,with69percentofthepapershavingnotheoreticalfoundationandsimplydescribingtrendsintheindustry.Thisconfirmsothers'viewsthatlogisticsresearchlacksatheoreticalbasis.Nonetheless,someworkusestheoriessuchastransactioncosteconomics(TC

7、E)andtheresource-basedview(RBV)ofthefirmtoexplainlogisticsoutsourcing.Relationshipmarketingapproaches,networktheory,agencytheory,competencetheory,channeltheory,politicaleconomytheoryandsocialexchangetheoryhavealsobeenappliedtoexplainaspectsof3PLrelations.However,theiruseseemsto

8、betheexceptionratherthantheruleandmostofthemareapplied