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Logistics Startups and Logistics Service Providers: Competitors or Partners in Exploration?

Author : Marzenna Cichosz

Published in: Transport Development Challenges in the 21st Century

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The logistics industry is facing digital disruption along its entire value chain. Agile, innovative startups develop an expanding range of technology-driven solutions for industry pain points. The purpose of this chapter is to look at logistics startups, their characteristics and taxonomy, but foremost their relationships with incumbent logistics service providers (LSPs). Within this chapter the author analyzes whether startups and incumbent LSPs are competitors or partners in exploration and how LSPs should cooperate with startups to fuel their innovativeness and growth. The chapter is based on the qualitative analysis of logistics startups websites as well as semi-structured interviews with three leading LSPs. At the theoretical level, the research contributes to enriching logistics studies by presenting logistics startups and analyzing their impact on the logistics service industry. At a managerial level, the findings provide illustration on how to collaborate with startups to increase LSPs’ innovativeness.

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Metadata
Title
Logistics Startups and Logistics Service Providers: Competitors or Partners in Exploration?
Author
Marzenna Cichosz
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Transport Development Challenges in the 21st Century

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-50009-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-50010-8

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50010-8_1

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