No comprehensive review of macro-logistics cost research is currently available. Thus the aim of this paper is to elucidate where logistics cost research is conducted, to identify research methods, and to present the logistics costs in identified extant research. Altogether 66 textbooks, scientific journals, case studies, and other studies were reviewed. The three dominant methodological app…
Purpose – To explore the present logistics performance of Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to analyse the relationship between logistics performance and financial performance in these firms. Design/methodology/approach – The dataset comprises 424 SMEs that participated in a nationwide Finnish logistics survey in 2006. Logistics performance measures were derived from…