From the Resource-based Theory to Explore the Relationship among Logistics Capabilities, Strategies and Performances for Distribution Industry

• Main Authors: Lin, Jin-Ying, 林津瑩
• Other Authors: Fang, Wen-Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57543935219721618188

博士 === 國立臺北大學 === 企業管理學系 === 94 === Distribution industry has a huge fluctuation from the end of the twenty century through the twenty-first century, especially for information society which has sped up the change of the distribution industry. There are two motivations for the information society. The first motivation is information technology and communication technology by the computer-based; the second one is life style for culture and spirit aspect. This life style has to build consumption demand with high-level and individuality; meanwhile, the purchasing accompanies the appropriate product and service at the “right” time, location, and price. For the organizational competitive advantages, both of productivity and distribution use information technology to execute the strategies of the organization. This change is called “the second distribution revolution” that is necessary for distribution industry to be investigated into research independently. Furthermore, network marketing with the Internet causes a significant change between the relationships with Customer To Business and Business To Business. Organizations through network marketing create the closer and longer partnerships with few suppliers in order to reduce cost and fit market fluctuation and further organizations keep extended competitive advantages through promoting organizational performance. Therefore, future competitions belong to the competitions of the across-industries or the competitions between supply chain and supply chain. It is not viewed to contend for distribution industries anymore. The purpose of this study was founded on resource-based theory to explore the relationship among logistics capability, business strategy and logistics performance. According to the relevant literatures, this study built up a research model and some variables on logistics capability (market capability, process capability and information capability), business strategy (lost-cost strategy and differentiation strategy) and organizational performance (logistics performance). The subject was the distribution industry in Taiwan and was conducted survey by mail collection and confirmed the research model by multiple regression analysis. This study found that there was a significant difference for the organizational performance when business strategy was an intervening variable. It meant that business strategy plays an important role to the logistics performance. However, the research also found that there was not a positive relationship between logistics capability and differentiation strategy; also not a positive relationship between market capability and organizational performance. The results of the study may be a major issue for the classification of the logistics capability in the future distribution industries. Meanwhile, the results may be the reference indicators of the logistics capability so as to promote logistics performance and create extended competitive advantage of the organization. Key word: Resource-based Theory, Distribution Industry, Logistics Capability, Strategic Logistics, Logistics Performance