Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes)
This study evaluates the logistic strategies developed in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as a response to their organizational structures and planning processes. A multiple case study was carried out in the second largest furniture cluster in Brazil. Based on theoretical models, it was fo...
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doaj-e9f54ac8b4df4d3abe0368f51695080c2020-11-25T00:29:29ZengVilnius University PressOrganizations and Markets in Emerging Economies2029-45812345-00372011-12-012210.15388/omee.2011.2.2.14283Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes)Wescley Silva Xavier0Ricardo S. Martins1Interdisciplinary Center for Logistics ResearchFederal University of Minas GeraisThis study evaluates the logistic strategies developed in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as a response to their organizational structures and planning processes. A multiple case study was carried out in the second largest furniture cluster in Brazil. Based on theoretical models, it was found that the characteristics of a company’s organizational structure had an impact on planning. In the case of companies with a low level of family participation, this impact was intentional, whereas in the case of companies with strongly centralized owner control over decision-making, the impact was unplanned. However, the formal nature of planning does not guarantee that logistics will have strategic aims and, in all cases, it has a strictly reactive nature.https://www.journals.vu.lt/omee/article/view/14283logistic strategiessmall and medium-sized enterprisesfurniture industryBrazil |
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Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
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Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
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Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
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Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
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Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
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logistic strategy and organizational structure in brazilian small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) |
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Vilnius University Press |
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Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies |
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2029-4581 2345-0037 |
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2011-12-01 |
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This study evaluates the logistic strategies developed in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) as a response to their organizational structures and planning processes. A multiple case study was carried out in the second largest furniture cluster in Brazil. Based on theoretical models, it was found that the characteristics of a company’s organizational structure had an impact on planning. In the case of companies with a low level of family participation, this impact was intentional, whereas in the case of companies with strongly centralized owner control over decision-making, the impact was unplanned. However, the formal nature of planning does not guarantee that logistics will have strategic aims and, in all cases, it has a strictly reactive nature. |
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logistic strategies small and medium-sized enterprises furniture industry Brazil |
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