Freight transport growth––a theoretical and methodological framework

Nielsen, Lise Drewes; Jespersen, Per Homann; Petersen, Tina Efferbach; Hansen, L.

doi:10.1016/s0377-2217(02)00395-8

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“…Companies face new challenges to change and organize to be able to offer competitive solutions in the new emerging logistics network. Changes in the logistics chains will also produce changes in the demands for freight transport (Drewes Nielsen et al, 2003). In order to meet these demands and to deliver products and services quickly to customers, many companies seek to outsource their logistics activities to logistics service providers (LSPs).…”

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Logistics Service Providers Going Green : A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings

Isaksson

2014

Linköping Studies in Management and Economics. Dissertations

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Environmental impact has increasingly become a "buzzword" and an important topic. This topic has been integrated into the agenda of many companies worldwide, and this dissertation focuses on the transportation and logistics industry. Environmental concerns have gained increased attention among many logistic service providers (LSPs) due to the environmental impact from their operations, and they have been identified of having a significant role in reducing the environmental burden in the supply chain. An environmental approach of the LSPs' business has also been identified as a way to achieve competitive advantage and provide market opportunities where the development and marketing of new products and services associated with green issues are suggested as important aspects for future growth. However, considering the scarcity of research regarding this topic, a study that reveals potential aspects in the development of green service offerings can bridge the knowledge gap and provide opportunities for further research within this field. The purpose of this dissertation is therefore to develop and explain a framework for LSPs' development of green service offerings. The purpose is addressed by first investigating LSPs' service development from a general perspective in order to, in a second stage, reach a better understanding of the implications when integrating green aspects in LSPs' service development efforts.Theoretically, this dissertation departed from service marketing literature or more specifically new service development (NSD) research. This resulted in a conceptual framework including key dimensions and aspects regarding a company's NSD efforts and activities. From this foundation, the theoretical framework was developed further based on research regarding LSPs' service development and innovation management. Finally the framework was extended with green logistics literature as well as research regarding LSPs' green development and influences on their service offerings.Empirically, this research is mainly based on qualitative data from an in-depth case study on a large LSP active on the Swedish market. In addition, empirical data from a multiple case study and a questionnaire survey conducted for the Licentiate thesis were used in order to enrich the analysis regarding the LSPs' development of green service offerings. The analysis followed a stepwise approach where literature and empirical data were analysed.One of the main results in this dissertation is the framework for LSPs' new service development, consisting of five dimensions: NSD culture, NSD strategy, NSD process focus, IT use and expertise and NSD knowledge and skills. The NSD framework presents a holistic view of the LSPs' NSD efforts by revealing different dimensions, their roles and relations to each other as well as the pre-requisites to take into consideration in the development of new services. Thus, the different NSD dimensions should not solely be viewed as isolated dimensions; instead, there is a need for LSPs to have a holistic v...

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Logistics Service Providers Going Green : A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings

Isaksson

2014

Linköping Studies in Management and Economics. Dissertations

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“…All of the above decisions are likely to affect the transport requirements for an individual organisation, in terms of the distance, speed, frequency and timing of deliveries (Drewes Nielsen et al, 2003). Traditionally, such changes would only influence the outbound logistics operations of a business (Gustin et al, 1995), with inbound movements being viewed as the responsibility of the supplier.…”

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Assessing the impact of cost optimization based on infrastructure modelling on CO2 emissions

Harris¹,

Naim²,

Palmer³

et al. 2011

International Journal of Production Economics

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“…The development of transport of food products and animals needs to ensure safety as well as protect the environment [19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. In addition, a number of other aspects of transport is regulated by the EU law, in terms of the competition between carriers, working conditions, technical standards of vehicles, and -of particular importance -the anticipation of terrorist threats and the reduction of potential losses [26][27].…”

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Biohazards in International Road Transport Logistics in the Polish Part of the European Union’s Eastern Border

Wasilewski

Szczepanik

Burski

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Our paper presents the problem of real hazards for products (edible or inedible) and animals identified as a result of border control in international road transport. A border control system used on the Polish part of the eastern border of the European Union was selected and some data were analyzed concerning the number of checks and shipments rejected due to the epidemiological risk. The data have been collected from annual control reports for Poland. It has been shown that the biggest biological threat comes from the border with Belarus (most shipments were rejected). It was noted that the proportion of imported shipments rejected on the borders had a very strongly positive correlation (correlation coefficients: 0.96 and 0.99).

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Freight transport growth––a theoretical and methodological framework

Cited by 37 publications

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Logistics Service Providers Going Green : A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings

Logistics Service Providers Going Green : A Framework for Developing Green Service Offerings

Assessing the impact of cost optimization based on infrastructure modelling on CO2 emissions

Biohazards in International Road Transport Logistics in the Polish Part of the European Union’s Eastern Border

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