Research frameworks in logistics: three models, seven dinners and a survey

Although there is growing enthusiasm for supply chain management and integrated logistics, much prescriptive writing rests on a flimsy empirical base. Explores the methodological dilemmas which arise in research in logistics practice. Presents three contrasting models of research frameworks. Outlines the experiences of a novel investigation into supply chain integration in the UK carried out in the first half of 1994. Makes recommendations about the use of secondary data, and strategies for future research.