Contracting out the Physical Distribution Function: A Trade‐off between Asset Specificity and Performance Measurement
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
ISSN: 0960-0035
Article publication date: 1 January 1993
Abstract
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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Citation
Aertsen, F. (1993), "Contracting out the Physical Distribution Function: A Trade‐off between Asset Specificity and Performance Measurement", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 23-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09600039310025598
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1993, MCB UP Limited