A long‐standing and important concept in marketing is the existence of flows in the channel of distribution. Various channel strategies related to flow separation, postponement, and acceleration have been described separately in different parts of the marketing literature. This article...

One of the less observed results of transportation deregulation has been the explosive growth of transportation intermediaries or third‐party specialists such as brokers, shippers' agents and integrated leasing companies for use by industrial purchasers and marketing management. Such...

Investigates performance relationships for interfunctional process integration and specific logistics interface capabilities. The results indicate that competitive advantage is more likely to emanate from interfunctional process integration rather than individual function (sub) optimization....