@book{d089cff3d6b4467e859aa57633a82c79,
title = "Third-party purchase: an empirical case study of third-party providers in China using structure equation modeling",
abstract = "The growth of third-party logistics in the past three decades coincides with the unprecedented globalization of supply chains. When firms conduct international business, they often collaborate with third-party logistics providers in foreign markets to reduce the risks of investing in logistics assets. We found that as an emerging value-added service, third-party purchasing has been offered by third-party logistics providers more frequently than before. In this case study, based on the interests in third-party purchasing, we provide an insight into the research method we used to explore the relationship between asset specificity, uncertainty, frequency, transaction size, and third-party purchasing services provided by third-party purchasing providers as the value-added service, and how this service affects their providers and users.",
keywords = "third parties, logistics, provider, asset specificity, structural models",
author = "Yangyan Shi and Chunxiao Xie",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.4135/9781526495006",
language = "English",
series = "SAGE Research Methods. Cases",
publisher = "SAGE Publications",
address = "United Kingdom",
}