Professor Gerald E. Hills is holder of the Denton Thorne Chair in Entrepreneurship and Smaller Enterprises at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. This research note is an overview of the distribution revolution and its implications for small firms. It involved an extensive literature search but did not involve data collection.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Ballou, Ronald H. and Robert G. House, "Computer Methods in Physical Distribution Management," in James F. Robeson and Robert G. House (eds.), The Distribution Handbook (New York: The Free Press, 1985).
2.
Beisel, John L., Retailing (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987).
3.
Bowersox, Donald J., M. Bixby Cooper, Douglas M. Lambert and Donald A. Taylor, Management in Marketing Channels (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1980).
4.
Christopher, Martin, The Strategyof Distribution Management(Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, 1985).
5.
Heskett, James L., "A Lookto the Future," in James F. Robeson and Robert G. House (eds.), The Distribution Handbook (New York: The Free Press, 1985).
6.
Huppert, Egon, "Scanning Data for Improved Retail Marketing," in Profitable Co- operation of Manufacturers and Retailers (Amsterdam: European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research, 1982).
7.
Kostecka, Andrew, Franchising in the Economy 1983-1985 (Washington: U.S.Department of Commerce, 1985).
8.
La Londe, Bernard J., John R. Grabner, Jr. and James F. Robeson, "Integrated Distribution Systems: Past, Present, and Future," in James F. Robeson and Robert G. House (eds.), The Distribution Handbook (New York: The Free Press, 1985).
9.
Larson, Carl M., Robert E. Weigand and John S. Wright, Basic Retailing (Englewood Cliffs, J.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1982).
10.
Nash, Edward L. (ed.), The Direct Marketing Handbook (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1984).
11.
Robeson, James F. and David T. Kollat, "Channels of Distribution: Structure and Change," in James F. Robeson and Robert G. House (eds.) The Distribution Handbook (New York: The Free Press, 1985).
12.
Rosenbloom, Bert, Marketing Channels:A Management View(Chicago: The Dryden Press, 1983).
13.
Rumberger, Russell W. and Henry M. Levin, Computers in Small Business (Washington: Institute for Enterprise Advancement, 1986).
14.
Schary, Philip B., Logistics Decisions (Chicago: The Dryden Press, 1984).
15.
Small Business in America: The Year 2000 and Beyond, prepared by the Naisbett Group (Washington: Institute for Enterprise Advancement, 1986).
16.
Stern, Louis W., and Adel I. El-Ansary, Marketing Channels (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1982).
17.
Willis, Roger, Physical Distribution Management (Park Ridge, N.J.: Noyes Data Corporation, 1977).
