Pr. Murphy et al., CARRIER SELECTION - DO SHIPPERS AND CARRIERS AGREE, OR NOT, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART E-LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION REVIEW, 33(1), 1997, pp. 67-72
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Transportation,"Operatione Research & Management Science",Transportation
Previous carrier selection studies involving both shipper and carrier
perspectives have discovered numerous differences between shippers and
carriers, at least in terms of mean score comparisons. However, analy
sis of the relative importance of the selection factors (not reported
in previous studies) uniformly shows a high degree of similarity betwe
en shippers and carriers. A new shipper-carrier study, investigating a
more specific selection (of truckload general freight carriers), disc
overed a similar dichotomy between the mean score and relative compari
sons. The paper concludes by developing several research propositions
and by offering suggestions for additional research. (C) 1997 Elsevier
Science Ltd.