The composing elements and development path of China logistics enterprise competitiveness from a life cycle point of view

Abstract

The research about the composing elements and development path of logistics enterprise competitiveness (LEC) will improve the logistics services level. Based on the survey of China's logistics enterprises, the enterprises are divided into four types included platform logistics companies, universal logistics companies, professional logistics companies and supply chain management companies. The paper analyzes the composing elements of LEC from the dimension of corporate capabilities, corporate resources and dynamic mechanism, and the life cycle of the enterprises are combined with four stages, which are initial stage, growth stage, maturity stage and regeneration stage. In addition, the research analyzes the composing elements and development path of China LEC. SPSS software and factor analysis model are employed to analyze the survey data, which concluded the important impact of the elements to LEC. The research compared the difference of the composing elements of company's competitiveness between four types of logistics enterprises. Furthermore, the development paths of the corporate capabilities, corporate resources and dynamic mechanism in companies' different stages were compared. The results show that managers must understand that there are some differences in the composing elements of LEC at different life cycle stage. Therefore, LEC should be developed dynamically. The composing elements of LEC should be cultivated according to different types of logistics enterprise and different life cycle stage.

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