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    Incentives for Sustainable Logistics: Proactive Logistics Service Providers vs. Shipper's Requirements? : A Tentative Taxonomy based on 10 Case Studies
    (VHB, 2011-06-18)
    Kudla, Nicole
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    N., N.
    Sustainability management implies the planning, organizing and controlling of balanced economic, ecologic and social objectives in companies operations. Since, in present supply networks these operations are increasingly outsourced, focal companies need to integrate their suppliers into their sustainability management. Although logistics services play a prominent role in supply networks, they are rarely considered in sustainability activities of focal companies as well as in sustainability research. This paper contributes to research on inter-organizational sustainability management in the context of logistics services by applying a stimulus-organism-response framework. An explorative case study analysis of 10 European logistics service providers (LSP) is conducted in order to gain knowledge on the status of implementation of sustainability incentives set by shippers, and sustainability activities conducted by LSPs. The results of the stimuli and response analysis lead to a taxonomy of response types of LSPs. We identify a lack of incentives, since shipping companies only request for sustainability information, whereas concrete requirements are rarely implemented in terms of sustainability incentives. The taxonomy underlines a lack of responsive high performing companies and outlines sustainability incentives as a future field for research
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    Sustainability in shipper-logistics service provider relationships: A tentative taxonomy based on agency theory and stimulus-response analysis
    (Elsevier, 2012-12-01)
    Kudla, Nicole
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    The paper contributes to research on sustainability in dyadic buyer-supplier relationships of logistics services. It presents deeper knowledge on why and how suppliers choose to behave sustainably. The research analyzes how shippers stimulate their LSPs and how LSPs respond by conducting sustainability activities. Agency theory and the stimulus-organism-response model are applied as the theoretical foundations for an explorative case study analysis of three large and five small and medium-sized European logistics service providers (LSPs) active in road transport services. Significant differences are found between the sustainability efforts of SMEs and large LSPs and a tentative taxonomy of the sustainability response types of LSPs is derived. The taxonomy contributes to theory-guided research in sustainable supply chain management and procurement. Thereby, mismatches of stimuli and responses are identified and related agency problems in dyadic relationships in terms of sustainability are discussed. From a managerial point of view, the findings may serve as a starting point for purchasers of logistics services to develop adequate sustainability selection criteria and incentives.
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