Own Account Logistics – Reinvented Business Strategy for Transportation in Industry and Trade

Gleißner, Harald (2016) Own Account Logistics – Reinvented Business Strategy for Transportation in Industry and Trade. GAZDASÁG ÉS TÁRSADALOM, 2016 (4). pp. 5-17. ISSN 0865-7823

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Abstract

The European transport market has been under re gulation for dec- ades until the 1980 th when the European Union started a comprehensive deregu- lation process. The deregulation was focused on the commercial transport mar- ket and led to a profound change of the freight market situat ion esp. on road transport. Foremost countries like Germany with an unti l then tightly regulated marked tumbled into harmful market adjustments caused by the suspension of licenses, allocation quotas and tariffication. The mar ket change went along with the business trend of outsourcing for transportation and other logistics services based on beneficial business model theories e.g. economies of sc ale etc. Ever since the alternative model of own account transportation became an unremark- able presence in the market and lost almost any attenti on in scientific discussion. Nevertheless, transport for company purposes only is still par t of EU regulations as common rules for access to the international road haul age market. 2 Critical discussion about advantages of outsourcing, quality concerns a nd rising aware- ness towards transaction cost economics was the inducement for an appraisal on the actual situation and business relevance of today’s own a ccount transporta- tion. The research is based on a survey with consignors in production industry and trade, in cooperation with the German Federal Association of Private Transport and Logistics (BWVL) .

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