Resourcing in Business Logistics The Art of Systematic Combining

This book is about utilisation and development of logistics resources, traditional physical ones such as warehouses and vehicles and more modern "soft" ones such as business relationships and knowledge. Taking the starting point that the value of any resource always depends on how it is combined with other resources, the book presents "the art of systematic combining". Resourcing, i.e. the management of resources, is described by focusing on four important processes: the designing of resources; the influencing between those involved in the production and the using of resources; the learning between them; and the economising on resources. Based on the industrial network approach, the book presents an alternative and complementary perspective on business logistics. This book represents more than five years of research at the Norwegian School of Management, organized in a research programme called NETLOG: Logistics Networks - Studies of Strategic opportunities for industries, networks and single companies.Marianne Jahre is research professor in the Department of Strategy and Logistics at the Norwegian School of Management. Lars-Erik Gadde is professor of industrial marketing at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. H'kan H'kansson is professor in the Department of Marketing at the Norwegian School of Management. Debbie Harrison is associate professor in the Department of Strategy and Logistics at the Norwegian School of Management. Goran Persson is professor in logistics at the Norwegian School of ManagementIntroduction: Rethinking Logistics"Perspectives on Logistics"Ressource Development through Interaction"Designing Resources from a Logistical Perspective"Influencing in Logistics Networks"Learning and Routines in Resourcing"Economizing through Business Relationships"Resourcing in LogisticsJahre, Marianne is the author of 'Resourcing in Business Logistics The Art of Systematic Combining', published 2006 under ISBN 9788763001748 and ISBN 8763001748.