The effect of acquisition moves on income, pre-tax profits and future strategy of logistics firms

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ID13023398
AutoresJudit Oláh (0000-0003-2247-1711, University of Debrecen, autor correspondente), György Karmazin (Pallas Athéné Domus Animae Alapítvány), Domicián Máté (0000-0002-4995-7650, University of Debrecen), Janusz Grabara (0000-0003-2794-2068, Częstochowa University of Technology), Janusz K Grabara, J Popp (0000-0003-0848-4591, University of Debrecen)
Ano2017
Volume10
Fascículo4
Páginas233-245
Data de publicação2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2071-8330 • E-ISSN: 2306-3483
EditoraCentre of Sociological Research, NGO (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14254/2071-8330.2017/10-4/18
OpenAlexW2782335625
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas5

Our research deals with a comprehensive study of the management success factors of logistics service providers using a new approach, and examines the life of logistics service companies. The data were collected from 51 logistics service providers in Hungary. We searched for the proper enterprise scale -acquisitions -strategies (including the method of looking for the economies of scale in the LSP segment to be examined, and the role of strategy choice). Our research has found that among logistics companies those firms which followed the growth pattern has significantly higher sales revenue than the companies growing organically. Additionally, logistics companiesconsidering their pre-tax profits -work more efficiently when they have a growth strategy (regardless of its time lag). However, this claim is true only for those companies that did not have any (revenue) growth over the previous

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