Core competencies and sustainable competitive advantage in air-cargo forwarding: evidence from Taiwan. From: Transportation Journal | Date: June 22, 2007| Author: Cheng, Yung-Hsiang; Yeh, Chian-Yu | COPYRIGHT 2007 American Society of Transportation and Logistics, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract

This study aims to identify the core competencies of the air-cargo forwarding industry and to investigate the relationship between core competencies and sustainable competitive advantage (SCA). This study therefore adopts the resource-based view of the firm to examine the cause-and-effect relationships of internal dimensions such as resources, capabilities, and logistics services on SCA in the air-cargo forwarding industry. In addition, several external factors ...

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