Good practices for advancing urban mobility innovation: A case study of one-way carsharing

Clara Terrien, Rémi Maniak (), Bo Chen and Susan Shaheen
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Rémi Maniak: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bo Chen: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - Université Paris-Saclay - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Transforming urban mobility requires integrating public with private services into a single transportation system. Local governments and private companies face the challenge of how to coordinate themselves. An emblematic example is one-way carsharing (shared use of a fleet of vehicles that are typically free-floating throughout an urban area). Surprisingly, good practices for public and private players innovating together remain relatively undocumented. This paper proposes a systematic and balanced public-private approach to foster transportation innovation management. We review both public policy and business management literature and build a framework to help governments and companies collaborate (organizational structures, project management processes, and profitability assessment tools). We use this framework to examine both public and private experiences through a case study analysis with five one-way carsharing services in Europe (Paris, Munich) and the United-States (San Francisco, Portland, Seattle). For each we conducted expert interviews with the government and the private operator. This paper provides recommendations for both sectors. First, public and private players should have specific organizations, separated from the core business. Second, they should co-manage innovation since pilot projects lack certainty and require risk management. Third, a new approach to value emphasizing the role of project learning and capability building is necessary.

Keywords: Public-private partnerships; Innovation management; Urban mobility; One-way carsharing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-09
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Published in Research in Transportation Business and Management, 2016, 20, pp.20-32. ⟨10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.08.001⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2016.08.001

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