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JOURNAL OF

INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS AND TRADE

CONTENTS

Papers
3 Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics
Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration
Lu Chen, Theo Notteboom
43 GIS Exploitation For New Facility Location Decisions- A Logistics Perspective
Afzal Mohammad Khaled, Yong Jin Kim
63 Efficient Train Operation for Sustainable Freight Transportation: Optimizing
Frequency with Fleet Size Constraints
Dong-Kyu Kim, Minyoung Park
85 Future Strategic Directions for TSR and TCR from the Perspective of the
Northeast Asian Logistics Network
Yoon Jin Huh, Solkey Lee, and Jung Ung Min
109 The Effects of Innovation and Market Orientation on Customer Service for
Customs Clearance Firms in the International Logistics Processes: the
Analyses of Direct, Indirect, Causal Effects and Moderating Effects between Variables
Heesung Bae, Yangkee Lee, and Wooyoung Lee

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Volume 10, Number 1, April 2012, pp.3~41

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Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To
Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration
Lu Chen* , Theo Notteboom**

Abstract
A number of literature contributions have underlined the importance of developing value-added logistics activities or VALS in order to help improve customers’ satisfaction. However, there is usually very little attention given regarding where to perform these VALS. This study aims to: (1) identify a comprehensive set of factors which may influence the location of VALS, (2) to analyze to what extent those factors influence location decisions, and (3) to distinguish the determinants behind the location choices for distribution centers and for the kind of VALS that will be developed in these distribution centers.
In this paper, we will present a conceptual framework on the locations of VALS in view of the identifying determinants for assigning VALS to logistical centers. We argue that the optimal location of VALS is determined by complex

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