Contracting out the Physical Distribution Function: A Trade‐off between Asset Specificity and Performance Measurement
Discusses the question of whether a firm should set up an own‐account physical distribution organization or contract out the distribution function. Shows how the concepts of transaction cost economics, particularly asset specificity and performance ambiguity, can shed light on the division of responsibility for the physical distribution function between in‐house operations and outside contractors.
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1993
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Authors: | Aertsen, Freek |
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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 0020-7527, ZDB-ID 2032079-6. - Vol. 23.1993, 1, p. 23-29
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Publisher: |
MCB UP Ltd |
Subject: | Contracting out | Economics | Physical distribution management | Transaction costs |
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