Title :
Game Analysis of Stability of the Fourth Party Logistics Implementation
Author :
Fang, Tian-Kun ; Tang, Song-Wen ; Cheng, Li
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Econ. & Manage., Shenyang Inst. of Aeronaut. Eng., Shenyang, China
Abstract :
As information technology advances, the emerging fourth party logistics (4PL) has become a new kind of logistics operation model to help companies reduce operating costs in recent years. Based on evolutionary game theory, this paper analyzed the stability of fourth party logistics of small and medium enterprises in China, aiming at promoting small and medium enterprises to achieve a smooth and effective implementation of the fourth party logistics.
Keywords :
game theory; information technology; logistics; outsourcing; small-to-medium enterprises; China; evolutionary game theory; fourth party logistics implementation; game analysis; information technology; logistics operation model; operating costs reduce; small and medium enterprises; stability; Economics; Equations; Games; Jacobian matrices; Stability analysis; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5575832
