The past two decades have witnessed a number of important developments in the world business affecting business firms in both developed and less developed countries (LDCs). A relentless search for the “best” possible mix of inputs such as cheap labour, raw materials, and energy, among others, by many advanced country corporations, has resulted in the decoupling of comparative advantages fro…
Reports the findings of a cross-cultural survey on the skill requirements of senior-level logistics executives as perceived by the logistics practitioners themselves from two developing South-east Asian nations, namely, Singapore and Malaysia. The study reveals that in the sampled nations, logistics has emerged as a discipline by itself and that the logisticians in these countries are aware t…
Recent times have witnessed a heightened global interest in outsourcing of logistics functions. This is indicated by the volume of writings on the subject in various scholarly journals, trade publications and popular magazines. However, efforts to organize them in an integrated body of knowledge appear to be very limited. Keeping this in view, this paper makes an attempt to develop a comprehens…