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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980, et al.
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Bridging the logistics divide with service inclusion for socially sustainable urban logistics services
- 2024
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In: European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research. - 1567-7141. ; 24:1, s. 30-58
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The rise of e-commerce over the last decade has increased the pressure on urban logistics and highlighted important sustainability challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this trend and underscored the need to address social sustainability challenges with e-commerce. In particular, the pandemic drew attention to the uneven access to home deliveries and the importance of having a logistic system that is aligned with the principles underlying society and sustainable development goals. The purpose of this paper is to identify urban logistics services that emerged in response to access limitations linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to analyse how these services can enhance inclusivity and fair access to goods. We adopt an exploratory and qualitative research design based on a deductive content analysis approach. This method aims to systematize, objectively analyse, and draw assumptions from secondary evidence and semi-structured interviews with key actors. We identified several urban logistics innovations that spanned organizational, transportation modal shift, informational and technological approaches to face existing restrictions. The findings indicate a deficiency in inclusivity and equitable access to logistics innovations, prompting ad-hoc organization by citizens and private initiatives in response to the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic. We introduced the concept of logistics divide to analyse the inequalities on who benefits from logistics innovations. This divide is a consequence of the uneven ability of different consumer segments to get access to those services either due to digital mastery, geographical barriers, legal barriers, or to economic reasons. The findings also showed that urban logistics actors have started to innovate to increase access to goods after the pandemic disclosed this logistics divide. In essence, this paper shows the importance of integrating transport and logistics research with transformative service research to decrease the logistics divide and achieve more equitable urban logistics.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980, et al.
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Can digitalization mitigate barriers to intermodal transport? An exploratory study
- 2020
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In: Research in Transportation Business and Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 2210-5395. ; 37
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Although it offers both economic and environmental advantages particularly for long-distances, intermodal transport is still not utilized effectively, and it is challenged by many barriers to its utilization. On the other hand, the transport sector is influenced by recent trends, such as digitalization, Industry 4.0 and many technological innovations are introduced, aiming to transform the way of doing business. Therefore, understanding digitalization's potential to solve the transport sector's struggle for a higher degree of integration between different modes in intermodal transport is important. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential of different digital tools in mitigating barriers for increased utilization of intermodal transport. Semi-structured interviews and a policy Delphi study combined with a brainstorming session are conducted to classify various barriers for intermodal transport under certain categories and to understand if and how selected digital tools could help to mitigate these barriers. Findings indicate that the multi-actor nature of intermodal transport networks results in varying perceptions related with digital tools and technologies. This variance acts as a hindrance for digitalization within the conservative context of transportation industry and its cost-based competition structure. Adoption by market leaders, demand from intermodal transport buyers, vertical integration in intermodal transport chains are potential mitigation factors for elimination of barriers to digitalization in intermodal transportation.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980, et al.
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Exploring value-in-use of logistics services: The role of operant resources
- 2018
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This paper explores how operant resources are turned into benefits by the final beneficiaries in maritime logistics networks, specifically maritime service triad composed of the shipper, carrier and logistics service provider (LSP). By doing so, the paper elaborates on the value-inuse concept at the interface between supply- and logistics networks from a transport service perspective. Results identify several operant resources that are configured by either one or all triad members for the facilitation of value-in-use. In addition, they call for extended research on the larger network and resource constellations within these networks for value co-creation and value-in-use.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980
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Green Marketing: A Conceptual Framework and Suggestions for Industrial Services Marketing
- 2015
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In: Handbook of Research on Developing Sustainable Value in Economics, Finance, and Marketing. - : IGI Global. - 9781466666368 ; , s. 63-85
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Due to the negative impact of globalized production and consumption on the natural environment, businesses keep facing increased pressure to eliminate their harmful processes and transform into environmentally conscious organizations. Marketing as a business function having a high interaction rate with customers and other stakeholders receives its share from this wave. Every day, more organizations become engaged in green marketing practices either by complying with laws and regulations or seizing proactive environmental marketing strategies. This chapter aims to propose a conceptual framework for green marketing by reviewing the existing green marketing and sustainable marketing literature. In addition to that, considering the less developed literature in Business-to-Business (B2B) green marketing, the chapter uses previous strategic frameworks for suggesting green marketing activities for industrial services. Logistics is selected as a specific field for the proposition of the examples. The chapter concludes with implications and further research directions.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980, et al.
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Greening Logistics Centers: The Evolution of Industrial Buying Criteria Towards Green
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In: Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics. - : Elsevier BV. - 2092-5212. ; 29:1, s. 59-80
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The rapidly globalizing world trade requires longer supply chains with higher attention on the environmental effects of logistics activities. Latest international conventions related with environmental regulations reinforce governments and corporations to adhere to environmental protection precautions. An effort to decrease the negative environmental effects of logistics activity is the geographical concentration of logistics companies which are called logistics centers. This study aims to provide a green industrial service buying approach for the industrial customers of logistics centers. The study combines green purchasing literature with previousely developed environmental performance indicators (EPIs) and develops a green industrial buying model for logistics centers. The model provides a framework for potential residents of a logistics center and supports their industrial buying processes. The model also serves as an input for green industrial service design in a logistics center.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980
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Innovation in container shipping organisations: Impact of intra- And inter-organisational connectedness
- 2019
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In: World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research. - 1749-4729 .- 1749-4737. ; 8:2, s. 123-146
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article discusses the impacts of customer involvement, supplier involvement, employee involvement and multi-functional collaboration on the innovativeness of container shipping companies. It also considers the relationship between innovativeness and its impacts on business performance. The results of the structural equation modelling analysis used to explain these relationships indicate that container shipping companies rely on internal resources for business service innovation, while neither customer nor supplier involvement have any influence on their innovativeness. This suggests further analysis is needed concerning stakeholder inputs and innovation types with respect to different business-to-business services considering that it has positive impacts on both the financial and customer service performance of container shipping companies. With reference to these findings, managers might want to consider interdependencies between different stakeholders in collaborative innovation. Involving customers by using sales or marketing professionals as mediums might yield to better results in terms of effective customer involvement.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, et al.
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International container shipping through the Covid-19 pandemic - Disruptions from a Swedish perspective
- 2024
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- At the onset of the pandemic in spring 2020, the Swedish shipping sector was first affected by border closures preventing passengers to use RoPax shipping and cruise ferries. There were some blank sailings but in general they kept operating to foster intra-European trade by trucks despite the missing revenues from passengers. Shipping in general was affected by port disruptions and complicated crew changes. Eventually, however, it was clear that the most dramatic disruptions on a global scale where experienced in the container segment. General media reported on delayed goods, high freight rates and, however not related to the pandemic, the Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal for a week in March 2021. Currently, there are few reports of supply chains and shipping suffering from disruptions and capacity constraints related to the pandemic. The peak in freight rates was rather replaced by depressed rates and there is a certain risk that some logisticians and supply chain managers regard the pandemic as a once-in-a-lifetime event and just want to get back to a previous behaviour seeing container shipping as a commodity with indefinite capacity at a reasonable price. Nevertheless, the war in Ukraine, the drought in the Panama Canal and the attacks by the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea create other problems for container shipping. Freight rates increase significantly, but from very low levels. The purpose of the report is to describe and analyse how international container shipping was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and other disruptions. The analysis takes a Swedish perspective on disruptions and tries to go beyond the anecdotal reporting and capture what happened and why. Container shipping is put into a context of economy, consumption, world trade, supply chains and logistics. The pandemic and more current events affecting container shipping market are described together with how shipping lines responded. A series of interviews with Swedish actors revealed how they perceived the disruptions and what countermeasures the actors have applied to mitigate the effects, their organisational learning and how they prepare for future disruptions.
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- Altuntas Vural, Ceren, 1980, et al.
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Life after use: circular supply chains for second-life of electric vehicle batteries
- 2024
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In: Production Planning and Control. - 0953-7287 .- 1366-5871. ; In Press
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Despite the increasing interest in second-life of electric vehicle batteries, the characteristics of supply chains to support such products are yet to be developed. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key supply chain characteristics required to effectively accommodate circular models for second-life electric vehicle batteries. Through a longitudinal case study, we map possible application areas and customer segments, necessary key activities, and potential actors that might emerge in future supply chains for these products. The findings are discussed in relation to product-oriented, use-oriented, and result-oriented circular models. The suggested circular models and their comparisons provide insights into how different supply chain dimensions are configured for different circular business models, and the advantages, disadvantages, and prerequisites associated by each model.
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