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Agglomeration or market access? The defining factors of firms' location choice

Gaus, Dennis; Hirte, Georg - 2023

As research indicates a gap between complex scientific measures of accessibility and simpler proxies used by firms, this paper analyses the impact of several market access indicators on the location decision of firms. It compares the role of inter- and intra-industry agglomeration as proxies of...

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Earnings quality and corporate life cycle before the crisis: A study of transport companies across europe

Michalkova, Lucia; Cepel, Martin; Valaskova, Katarina; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 24 (2022) 61, pp. 782-796

Deteriorating macroeconomic conditions and plans to move to a green economy such as the Green Deal are putting pressure on both internal and external stakeholders to create a liquidity cushion in the event of unexpected expenditures. However, when analyzing reported earnings, which may...

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Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective

Boysen, Nils; Fedtke, Stefan; Schwerdfeger, Stefan - In: OR Spectrum 43 (2020) 1, pp. 1-58

In the wake of e-commerce and its successful diffusion in most commercial activities, last-mile distribution causes more and more trouble in urban areas all around the globe. Growing parcel volumes to be delivered toward customer homes increase the number of delivery vans entering the city...

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Railway crew scheduling with semi-flexible timetables

Rählmann, Christian; Thonemann, Ulrich W. - In: OR Spectrum 42 (2020) 4, pp. 835-862

We investigate the impact of coordinating the timetable and the crew schedule in an operational freight railway system. Usually, those problems are solved sequentially—resulting in suboptimal schedules for train drivers due to large idle times between two train rides. We seek to coordinate the...

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Customer satisfaction indicators in transportation and distribution factors of online shopping company

Muangpan, Thanyaphat - In: Cogent Business & Management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

digital network technology. This research explores the factors and indicators of customer satisfaction for transportation and … factor explanations and the common threshold of 0.7. Furthermore, customer satisfaction in transportation and the … Responsibility of Product and delivery in transportation and distribution, customer services in transportation and distribution, and …

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Downsized, restructured and greener (2019-23): A new era for China's New Silk Road?

Barisitz, Stephan - 2024

in Belt and Road partners. Energy, transportation and metals comprised more than two-thirds of commitments in 2019 …

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Schneller - öfter - weiter - immer dümmer

Knoflacher, Hermann - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …, (pp. 6-14). 2011

Jede Beschleunigung erhöht das Risiko und die Häufigkeit von Fehlern, wenn Rückkopplung und Kontrolle nicht folgen können. Die technische Beschleunigung sowohl in der physischen Mobilität wie auch im Informationssystem führt nicht, wie zu erwarten wäre, zu intelligenteren, sondern zu...

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Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der Raumentwicklung in der Mobilitätsgesellschaft. Einführung

Hege, Hans-Peter; Meng, Rüdiger; Schmitz-Veltin, Ansgar - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …, (pp. 1-5). 2011

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The impact of distance in seaborne trade: An analysis of bilateral container transport flows

Biermann, Franziska - 2012

A significant part of world trade volume is transported by container ship today. Growing world trade will enforce containerization, since standardized shipment reduces transport costs. The research aim of this paper is to identify the impact of variables used in merchandise trade flow models,...

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Intermodal competition on some routes in transportation networks: The case of inter urban buses and railways

Bataille, Marc; Steinmetz, Alexander - 2013

This paper analyzes the effect of inter urban buses competing on a few routes against trains within an established railway network. In line with expectations, we show that this can lead to unprofitable train service on these routes. However, within an established railway network with every track...

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