Title :
Logistics strategy in Egypt: An empirical study on the pharmaceutical industry
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Commerce-Bus. Manage. Dept., Damanhour Univ., Damanhour, Egypt
Abstract :
Bowersox and Daugherty, 1987 introduced the topology for studying the logistics strategy and they validated it, many researchers start to use the model in their researches, and by surveying the previous studies related to logistics strategy we will not find a consistent result. the gap in logistics strategy area relay on validating the Bowersox and Daugherty topology and its effect on the competitive performance of the companies in different economies because most of research regarding the logistics strategy applied on USA. the current study validate the Bowersox and Daugherty topology in Egypt by using the structure equation modeling technique.
Keywords :
logistics; organisational aspects; pharmaceutical industry; strategic planning; topology; Bowersox and Daugherty topology; Egypt; USA; logistics strategy; pharmaceutical industry; structure equation modeling technique; Companies; Industries; Logistics; Mathematical model; Pharmaceuticals; Topology; logistics; strategy; topology;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Logistics and Transport (ICALT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0314-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICAdLT.2013.6568487