Article ID: | iaor20081890 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 43 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 21 |
End Page Number: | 38 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
Journal: | Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review |
Authors: | Dresner Martin E., Evers Philip T., Kale Rahul |
The establishment of private communities on Internet-based transportation networks is a relatively new trend that has met with mixed success. Within industry, there has been uncertainty over the costs and benefits of these communities to shippers and carriers. Through a theoretical model based on assumptions derived from industry executives, this paper suggests that shippers may indeed benefit by establishing private communities. Further, the results show that in high-trust relationships carriers may be no worse off by cooperating with shippers in their private communities.