Logistics and small business: an exploratory typology

Logistique et petite entreprise: une étude typologique exploratoire

Sophie Claye-Puaux and Gilles Guieu ()
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Sophie Claye-Puaux: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Gilles Guieu: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université

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Abstract: Although logistics development is a trigger of performance in small businesses, the topic has only been scarcely documented in management academic literature. The aim of the paper is to identify different logistics approaches in small businesses, through a survey relying on a sample of 95 small businesses. An exploratory typology highlights three different logistics approaches. The paper investigates whether these logistics approaches are explained by three variables: growth orientation, partnership with clients, IT resources. Growth orientation and logistics approach co-evolve. Partnerships with clients and IT resources explain logistics approaches. The discussion emphasizes the entrepreneur's vision as a key factor for logistics development.

Keywords: Small business; logistics; exploratory typology; Petite entreprise; logistique; typologie; exploratoire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-03-31
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Published in Les Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport / Scientific Papers in Transportation, 2014, 65 | 2014, pp.49-66. ⟨10.46298/cst.12138⟩

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DOI: 10.46298/cst.12138

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