Analyzing private communities on Internet-based collaborative transportation networks

Rahul Kale, Philip T. Evers and Martin E. Dresner

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2007, vol. 43, issue 1, 21-38

Abstract: The establishment of private communities on Internet-based transportation networks is a relatively new trend that has met with mixed success. Within industry, there has been uncertainty over the costs and benefits of these communities to shippers and carriers. Through a theoretical model based on assumptions derived from industry executives, this paper suggests that shippers may indeed benefit by establishing private communities. Further, the results show that in high-trust relationships carriers may be no worse off by cooperating with shippers in their private communities.

Keywords: Collaborative; transportation; networks; Internet; business; models; Transportation; management; Shipper-carrier; relationships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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