Title: Public/Private Collaboration in Logistics: An Exploratory Case Study
Abstract: Traditionally, partnerships in logistics are created between actors in a supply chain. Occasionally, the scope of partnerships has expanded to include public/private partnerships in structures best described as networks. This article illustrates empirical results from exploratory case studies of regional logistics networks consisting of multisectoral participation, a phenomenon that is unfamiliar to the general practitioner of logistics. It illustrates capabilities developed by public and private actors in regional logistics networks and aspects of strategic processes. The results indicate that logistics capabilities generated in regional public/private partnerships contribute to the competitiveness of firms and improve public institutions′ planning and design processes. The diversity of strategic focus in the case of composition substantiates that strategic capabilities can be developed in many ways and at many layers in the logistics system. Collaborating in a multisectoral structure, however, puts great challenges on both public and private actors due to diversification of roles. The results shows that in order to develop logistics capabilities in a public/private context, the union between the development of strategic goals/objectives and the status of relationships between actors must be reciprocal in character through the elements of trust and affinity.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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