Logistics services providers and their intermediaries to help value-added Internet value chain in ways that are not always immediately obvious. Thus, it is not surprising that there is confusion among researchers and practitioners about how best to extract value from these services and suppliers. The results of the study of the role and importance of logistics service providers and their suppliers. Shows that online retailers to establish relationships with logistics service providers in order to extract the value of the network providers of material and technical resources and best fill their customers orders. Internet sellers establish these relationships in order to reduce the costs they will incur if they try to hold logistics services in the country. They are also seeking such suppliers to gain access to powerful networks that connect many of the additional logistics services among online retailers, their customers and their suppliers. "Hide
by Elliot Rabinovich, A. Michael Knemeyer Source: California Management Review 26 pages. Publication Date: Aug 01, 2006. Prod. #: CMR346-PDF-ENG
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