Innovation capabilities and logistics service quality of malaysian third- party logistics (3PL) service providers: a comprehensive review of the relevant literature

The purpose of this paper is to provide the foundation for third-party logistics (3PL) firms to become niche logistics providers. The development of this paper is based on a comprehensive literature review drawn from a total of 114 academic researches. The review reveals that 3PL firms need to consider uniqueness in the development of both their capability and service performance.