The profitability of uberized urban delivery firms

La rentabilité des entreprises de course urbaine uberisée

Corinne Blanquart, Audrey Cosperec, Elia Vanson-Magalhães da Silva and Thomas Zeroual ()
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Corinne Blanquart: IFSTTAR/AME - Département Aménagement, Mobilités et Environnement - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - Université de Lyon - UNAM - PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans - Communauté Université Paris-Est
Audrey Cosperec: Centrale Lille
Elia Vanson-Magalhães da Silva: IFSTTAR/AME - Département Aménagement, Mobilités et Environnement - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - Université de Lyon - UNAM - PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans - Communauté Université Paris-Est
Thomas Zeroual: ESCE, École de commerce et de management

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Abstract: The increase in the number of delivered parcels attracts new players in urban freight transport, especially in the last mile deliveries. The economic model of these new players is based on uberization. In this article, we evaluate the profitability of this economic model, in terms of costs and revenues available or estimated. The main result shows a variable profitability, depending on the number of deliveries, the mode of transport and the distance.

Keywords: uberization; city distribution; logistics; last mile management; freight transport; profitability; uberisation; course urbaine; logistique; gestion du dernier kilomètre; transport de marchandises; rentabilité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-12-18
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Published in European Review of Service Economics and Management, 2019, European Review of Service Economics and Management Revue européenne d’économie et management des services 2019 – 2, n° 8 varia, 2019 – 2 (n° 8), pp.167-186. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09862-1.p.0167⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09862-1.p.0167

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