Purpose: This study follows the tenets of the resource dependence theory (RDT) to investigate the effects of four dimensions of industry-level environmental uncertainty – munificence, dynamism, complexity and innovative intensity – on a shipper's cross-buying (i.e. outsourcing across...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a basic scale for general logistics complexity that allows researchers to control for this issue in their studies. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology consists of developing the scale based on a literature review and...