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1、Thecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalisavailableatwww.emeraldinsight.com/1463-5771.htmBIJBenchmarkingthird-party16,5logisticsprovidersusingdataenvelopmentanalysis:anupdate572HokeyMinDepartmentofManagement,CollegeofBusinessAdministration,BowlingGreenStateUniversity,BowlingGr
2、een,Ohio,USA,andSeong-JongJooHasanSchoolofBusiness,ColoradoStateUniversity-Pueblo,Pueblo,Colorado,USAAbstractPurposeThepurposeofthispaperistoassessthecomparativestrengthsandweaknessesofleadingthird-partylogisticsproviders(3PLs)intheUSAwithrespecttotheir?nancialef?cienciesduringthepe
3、riodof2005-2007.Italsointendstoidentifyvariousfactorsthatsigni?cantlyaffectthe?nancialef?ciencyofthe3PLsovertimeandproposewaystoimprovethecompetitivenessof3PLs.Design/methodology/approachThispaperproposesdataenvelopmentanalysistomeasurethe?nancialef?ciencyof12leading3PLsintheUSA,rel
4、ativetotheirkeycompetitors.Inparticular,thispaperdevelopstheCharnes,Cooper,andRhodes(CCR)modelthatisdesignedtoderiveweightswithoutbeing?xedinadvance.ItalsoemployestheBanker,Charnes,andCooper(BCC)modeltomitigatetheimpactof3PLsizesonthe3PLs?nancialef?ciency.FindingsTherapidexpansionof
5、thebusinessscopecanunderminethe?nancialef?ciencyof3PLsduetohugestart-upinvestments.Inparticular,businessexpansionthroughmergersandacquisitionscanhurtthe?nancialef?ciencyof3PLsduetorestructuringandre-brandingcosts.Thenon-assetbased3PLshavetheless?nancialburdenthantheirasset-basedcoun
6、terpartsduetotheirlimitedinvestmentinassets.But,theasset-based3PLssuchasJ.B.Huntcanstillovercomesuchaburdenbystreamliningtheirlogisticsservicesandfocusingontheirnicheareas.Researchlimitations/implicationsThispaperprimarilyuses?nancialmeasuresasthemajoroutput.Thus,itcanbeextendedtoin
7、cludesomenon-?nancialmeasures.Owingtothedif?cultyin?ndingsomesecondarydatasourcesaboutthe3PLindustry,only12leading3PLsarecomparedtoeachotherwithrespecttotheirrelative?nancialef?ciency.PracticalimplicationsThispaperprovidesseveralpracticalguidelinesastohow3PLscancopewithincreasingcom
8、petition,costpressu
