...Lu Yang; Baofeng Huo; Jose A.D. Machuca; Rafaela Alfalla-Luque; Minhao Gu Purpose Drawing on the cumulative capability perspective, this study tests the sand cone model of the triple-A supply chain (SC) (i.e. AAA: SC-alignment, SC-adaptability, SC-agility), including its financial performance...

...Haidi Zhou; Qiang Wang; Liang Wang; Xiande Zhao; Gengzhong Feng Purpose The authors investigate how logistics digitalization affects two types of third-party logistics (3PL) performance: financial performance and service performance. In particular, the authors explore the mediating role...

...Li Chunsheng; Christina W.Y. Wong; Ching-Chiao Yang; Kuo-Chung Shang; Taih-cherng Lirn Supply chain resilience Organizational culture Flexibility Financial performance Integration Resource orchestration Establishing risk management is crucial for the development of supply chain (SC...

... on suppliers’ social performance. Furthermore, the impact of suppliers’ social performance on MNCs’ social performance was investigated and corporate reputation was proposed as a potential explanation for the relationship between MNCs’ social and financial performance. Data were obtained from a survey...

.... Originality/value – This paper contributes to further performance examinations of LSPs by providing a profound financial statement analysis with potential benefits for logistics executives, analysts and researchers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Financial performance Financial...

... The originality and value of this paper is that it develops a proxy to explain the relationships between supply chain and an organisation's financial performance taking into account the three imperatives of profitability, liquidity, and productivity. An organisation's profitability is the surplus of the revenue...

...Árni Halldórsson; Gunnar Stefánsson; Juuso Töyli; Lotta Häkkinen; Lauri Ojala; Tapio Naula Purpose To explore the present logistics performance of Finnish small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and to analyse the relationship between logistics performance and financial performance...

...Jeff Hoi Yan Yeung; Willem Selen; Chee‐Chuong Sum; Baofeng Huo Purpose Aims to investigates the relationship of strategic choices of pure cost‐, pure differentiation‐, or a combination‐strategy on a composite measure of financial performance for third‐party logistics (3PL) providers in Hong Kong...

... what structural elements and processes are necessary to obtain optimal benefits from their supply base. Originality/value From a manager's viewpoint, this paper will provide additional insight into when and how collaboration can improve financial performance, enhance innovation, and reduce...