| Article ID: | iaor19992462 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 34E |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 75 |
| End Page Number: | 86 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Journal: | Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review |
| Authors: | Stank Theodore P., Traichal Patrick A. |
The research presents an empirical test of a conceptual framework regarding the relationships between a firm's logistics strategy, the organizational design dimensions used to implement the strategy, and the performance outcome experienced as a result of managers for manufacturing firms confirms a relationship between organizational design and performance. Additionally, the intermediary effects of integration on this relationship are confirmed. The hypothesized relationship between strategic choice and organizational design was not confirmed.