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 de correspondencia), 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)
Año2017
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas233-245
Fecha de publicación2017-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2071-8330 • E-ISSN: 2306-3483
EditorialCentre of Sociological Research, NGO (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14254/2071-8330.2017/10-4/18
OpenAlexW2782335625
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias 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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