• DocumentCode
    624904
  • Title

    Logistics strategy in Egypt: An empirical study on the pharmaceutical industry

  • Author

    Attia, Ahmed M.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Commerce-Bus. Manage. Dept., Damanhour Univ., Damanhour, Egypt
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    29-31 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    371
  • Lastpage
    374
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Logistics and Transport (ICALT), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sousse
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0314-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICAdLT.2013.6568487
  • Filename
    6568487