Abstract
It is essential that logistics service providers invest in information systems to help them coordinate the supply chain networks. This paper studies the factors affecting the innovation in logistics information systems for logistics service providers in Taiwan form the perspective of internal and external context. A questionnaire is developed to survey the innovation in logistics information systems for logistics service providers in Taiwan. The method of factor analysis is used to find some major configurations for each influential factor and the multiple regression method is employed to analyze of the influences of the configurations on he innovation in logistics information systems. It can be found that both internal and external factors have significant influences on the innovation in logistics information systems for logistics service providers in Taiwan.