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Continuous investment for sustainable third-party logistics performance: a system dynamics approach

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  • Daniel Thiel

    (CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

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3PL providers must regularly deploy sustainable investments to improve their environmental, social and economic performance. However, gaps between expected and actual global performance are often observed, leading firms to regulate this policy of continuous investment. To meet this objective, we propose a system dynamics model that simulates the control of investment levels using balancing and reinforcing loops involving non-linear relationships between certain variables. Based on a realistic data set, the simulations help to understand the behaviour of a steering system in response to fluctuations in various endogenous factors (stakeholders' performance objectives, funding threshold decided by shareholders) and exogenous factors in favour of sustainable logistics (3PL market trends, government and societal pressures). An original result shows that in the event of a gradual increase in the average level of competitive performance, the level of investment self-regulates and reaches a stable equilibrium after transient instabilities in response to this exogenous disturbance.

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  • Daniel Thiel, 2025. "Continuous investment for sustainable third-party logistics performance: a system dynamics approach," Post-Print hal-05344126, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05344126
    DOI: 10.1080/16258312.2025.2575752
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