A Comparative Study of Third-Party Logistics in Mainland China and Hong Kong

Abstract

The last decade has witnessed dynamic changes in business logistics requirements. However, firms, or logistics users, often lack the competence to operate logistics activities internally while facing increased global com petition and higher customer expectations; thus an increasing number of companies are out sourcing their logistics activities to third-party logistics (3PL) firms so that they can concen trate on their core competencies (Sanders et al. 2007; Vaidyanathan 2005) and achieve com petitive advantages by providing customers with superior services (Arroyo et al. 2006;Sum and Teo 1999). In particular, developing coun tries, such as China, India, and Mexico, have seen the emergence of 3PL outsourcing (Wang et al. 2006).As the largest emerging economy in the world (Zhao et al. 2006), China has become a global manufacturing center with its rapid economic boost of a nearly 10 percent annual GDP growth in the last decade (National Bu reau of Statistics 2007

Achieving and Exceeding Logistics Outsourcing Expectations in Brazil: A Replication Study

“…Finally, the current replication assessed the external validity of Deepen et al ( 2008 ) in another context, that is, a different country. This is relevant given that several studies highlighted the intricacies of the logistics industry in different countries, such as China (Hong, Chin, and Liu 2004 ;Wang et al 2008 ), Taiwan (Cui, Su, and Hertz 2012 ), and Indonesia (Tongzon 2012 ). Moreover, because Brazil is an emerging economy, the country's management practices and policies are likely to evolve as its economy matures.…”