Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: to identify, evaluate and structure the research that focusses on omni-channel retailing from the perspective of logistics and supply chain management; and to reveal the intellectual foundation of omni-channel retailing research....

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to offer an overview of the current state of research in a specific field of transport, namely synchromodality. This includes a conceptual discussion of this innovative transport concept to differentiate it from previous concepts as well as the identification...

Purpose - To provide empirical evidence and explanation of the phenomenon that providers of home delivery of groceries are still of minor importance in highly concentrated retail markets.Design/methodology/approach - Based on a critical literature review three propositions were set up. A web...

Leading representatives of the European grocery industry formed the European Efficient Consumer Response (ECR-)Initiative in 1995. The goal of this strategic alliance is set to reengineer the way business is done in the industry by implementing cooperative strategies between retailer and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model that includes drivers of supply chain management (SCM) adoption and execution identified in the literature, provide a set of measurement scales that operationalise constructs within this model, empirically verify a hierarchical...

Purpose - The paper seeks to discuss and develop SCM as a scientific discipline using different theories from non-logistics areas to explain inter-organizational phenomena. It also attempts to establish a frame of reference that allows us to mitigate the gap between the current SCM research and...

Handelsunternehmen präsentieren sich als ein Set von zu erfüllenden Marketing- und Logistikaufgaben. Dementsprechend ist der Anteil der Marketing- und Logistikkosten an den Gesamtkosten eines Handelsunternehmens hoch. Im Mittelpunkt der vorliegenden Untersuchung rücken jedoch die...

Purpose: Increasing online retailing leads to increased transportation processes on individual levels, which is impacting the environment negatively. Consequently, logistics needs ecological sustainable concepts to reduce its anthropogenic emissions, especially in physical distribution. The...