Intention to Use Sustainable Green Logistics Platforms

Su-Young Kwak, Woo-Sung Cho, Gil-Am Seok and Seung-Gyun Yoo
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Su-Young Kwak: Department of Global Trade, Dongguk University, Pildong-ro 1gil 30 Jung-gu, Seoul 04620, Korea
Woo-Sung Cho: Department of International Trade, Dongguk University, Pildong-ro 1gil 30 Jung-gu, Seoul 04620, Korea
Gil-Am Seok: Department of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University-Gyeongju, 123, Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38066, Korea
Seung-Gyun Yoo: Department of Global Economics and Commerce, Dongguk University-Gyeongju, 123, Dongdae-ro, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 38066, Korea

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-17

Abstract: Recently, logistics platforms that facilitate interaction and the exchange and transaction of information have quickly emerged in the Korean domestic market. In order to further advance the development of logistics platforms into green logistics platforms in which participation in the early stages is not active, appropriate checks and balances are needed so that service providers, users, and platform operators can grow together in green logistics platforms. The purpose of this study is to empirically verify the factors affecting participants’ intentions to use green logistics platforms. Out of the 230 questionnaires distributed from 25 June to 11 July 2019, 14 were excluded from analyses due to unsatisfactory responses, while 216 responses were used for statistical processing. The structural equation model (SEM) was used to test hypotheses in this research. The results showed that the network effect and security factors influenced perceived usefulness, and trust did not affect perceived usefulness. Perceived usefulness also significantly influenced the intention to use green logistics platforms. The results of this study present strategies and directions for the future development of green logistics platforms.

Keywords: green logistics; intention to use; perceived usefulness; logistics platform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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