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 n A Research Framework for Cross-National Comparative Logistics# LUO Wenping* 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 (School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 200135) Abstract: When companies expand internationally under various pressures or opportunities, they find “logistics barriers” in cross-national logistics. This paper conceptualizes the field of Cross-National Comparative Logistics (CNCL). Firstly, the areas of logistics to compare is discussed which include the concepts, thoughts and practices. Secondly, the factors causing the difference in “logistics” are discussed, which include the development level, market maturation or economic system, and culture. The operationalization of the factors is further discussed. Key words: Comparative Logistics; Global Logistics; Cross-cultural Study 0 Introduction In the face of ever-increasing globalization, the ability to effectively manage logistics in a cross-national context has become one of the crucial success factors in today’s business world. More and more academicians and practitioners have warned of the global or cross-national logistics problems and recognized the importance of tackling the field of cross-national logistics. However, Luo etc.[1] reviewed relevant literature in the field of cross-national (cultural) comparative logistics is in its infancy. There have been a number of attempts to identify the difference in logistics mainly by the countries of original (COO) research in logistics. In general, these efforts have focused on the description of business environment, logistics infrastructure, states of logistics and problems and challenges with implicit comparison to logistics in western developed countries. The previous research has not attempted to identify the relationship, if any, empirically, among the logistics and environment factors. 1 Define the field and research problems Stock [2] argued that logistics discipline has been developing by applying theories from other di