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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-e9f54ac8b4df4d3abe0368f51695080c2022-12-22T03:07:28ZengVilnius 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 |
| spellingShingle | Wescley Silva Xavier Ricardo S. Martins Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies logistic strategies small and medium-sized enterprises furniture industry Brazil |
| title | Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
| title_full | Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
| title_fullStr | Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
| title_short | Logistic Strategy and Organizational Structure in Brazilian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Smes) |
| title_sort | logistic strategy and organizational structure in brazilian small and medium sized enterprises smes |
| topic | logistic strategies small and medium-sized enterprises furniture industry Brazil |
| url | https://www.journals.vu.lt/omee/article/view/14283 |
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