A Comprehensive Literature Review on Sustainable Horizontal Collaboration

Nassim Mrabti (), Nadia Hamani () and Laurent Delahoche
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Nassim Mrabti: Laboratory of Innovative Technologies, University of Picardie Jules Verne, 80000 Amiens, France
Nadia Hamani: Laboratory of Innovative Technologies, University of Picardie Jules Verne, 80000 Amiens, France
Laurent Delahoche: Laboratory of Innovative Technologies, University of Picardie Jules Verne, 80000 Amiens, France

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-38

Abstract: Horizontal collaboration is one of the most effective strategies applied to address issues related to sustainability and the adverse effects of commodity distribution. Although it has received increased attention in recent years, no synthesis has been conducted to present the main practices and sustainability indicators used to assess the performance of horizontal collaboration. In addition, the factors that can further improve the performance of horizontal collaboration in terms of sustainability have not been presented in any literature review. Thus, we expose, in this paper, a review of the existing studies dealing with horizontal collaboration, and we define the key indicators used to measure its performance. The most commonly used practices of horizontal collaboration are also illustrated. In fact, the main objectives of the present study are to highlight the impact of certain factors on the success of collaboration and to identify several guidelines for researchers and companies wishing to implement horizontal collaboration.

Keywords: horizontal collaboration; pooling; optimization; sustainability; transportation; freight transportation; distribution network design problem; cost-sharing problem; logistics; distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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