Joint logistics and financial services by a 3PL firm
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Joint logistics and financial services by a 3PL firm
Integrated logistics and financial services have been practiced by third party logistics (3PL) firms for years; however, the literature has been silent on the value of 3PL firms as credit providers in budget-constrained supply chains. This paper investigates an extended supply chain model with a supplier, a budget-constrained retailer, a bank, and a 3PL firm, in which the retailer has insuffici...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Operational Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0377-2217
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.05.010