Abstract
This research empirically analyzes gaps in performance among development stages of integration in supply chain management (SCM). The used variables are integration such as internal and external and performance such as cost and service. The population is international freight forwarders in the Republic of Korea and the sample frame is the membership list of the Korean International Freight Forwarders Association. The used methodology in this research is various: Cronbach’s alpha, factor analysis, cluster analysis, analysis of variance and post hoc analysis. It is important to ascertain the position in which they are included and the position is concerned with internal integration and external integration because the aim of this research is to ascertain where the forwarders are in development stages of integration. According to prior research, development stages of integration are regarded as the flow from internal to external. However, this research suggests that development stages of integration do not explain the flow of the stages but explain the strategic choice concerned with their current decision-making.
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Citation
Bae, H. (2012), "An analysis of gaps in performance among development stages of integration in SCM", Journal of International Logistics and Trade, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 85-104. https://doi.org/10.24006/jilt.2012.10.3.85
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012 Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade
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