The effect of LSSC networks on the growth performance of logistic service integrator

This research examines the influence of logistic service supply chain network (hereinafter referred to as the LSSC network) to the growth of logistic service integrator (LSI) from the perspective of social network. We divided the LSSC network into five sub-networks, they are social network, reputational network, marketing network, logistic collaboration network and logistic innovation network. We tested how the five sub-networks affecting the growth performance of LSI with the empirical methods. Eventually we concluded that the development of social network, logistic innovation network and marketing network has a significant impact on the growth of LSI; reputational network has an indirect impact on the firm growth by means of marketing network; and up to now, the development of logistic collaboration network is not very perfect, so it has little impact on the growth performance of LSI.