Logistics managers’ stated preferences for freight service attributes

Analyzing loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity in a freight transport stated choice experiment

“…The relevance of punctuality (or reliability) in freight transport is confirmed from the data, and is consistent with evidence from other studies (see for example, Fowkes et al 2004, Danielis et al 2005, and Fowkes 2007. Puckett and Hensher (2008) also discuss the importance of reliability but find relatively small values.…”

“…In particular, the cost and time attributes are pivoted around the reference values according to the levels shown in Table 1, whereas punctuality is expressed in absolute values. Attributes and levels considered have been chosen based on past experiences with logistics and transport managers of the Ticino region, and after an accurate review of past research (Bolis and Maggi, 2002, Danielis et al, 2005, Rudel and Maggi, 2008 3 .…”

“…Although a few recent studies mention its relevance (see for example, Danielis et al 2005 andFowkes 2007) a more in depth analysis is required to better understand the potential of this variable.…”

Heterogeneous Valuation of Quality Dimensions of Railway Freight Service by Chinese Shippers: Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis

“…Lu listed time, frequency, delivery reliability, and the like as service attributes and implied that the timing-related services factor was the most important criterion for shippers (20). Danielis et al selected cost, time, reliability, and damage as important attributes and concluded that shippers hold a strong preference for quality attributes over cost (10). A review by Cullinane and Toy showed that cost, speed, and reliability in transit time were the most preferred attributes by researchers (9).…”

Is transport subcontracting a barrier to modal shift? Empirical evidence from Germany in the context of horizontal transshipment technologies

“…Because there are several types of players in transport chains, each with their own set of objectives and means (Crainic and Laporte 1997), the demand estimation approaches in the transportation market should address, along with the specifics of the transport modes, the characteristics of the decision makers (Tsamboulas et al 2007). However, there are a few papers that specifically address the heterogeneity of the demand side (decision makers) in choice of transportation mode (see, for example, Danielis et al 2005;Tsamboulas et al 2007;Eng-Larsson and Kohn 2012). The only work that could be identified relating to market acceptance for the new transshipment technologies was conducted by Chiara et al (2008).…”