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Crowd Models for Last Mile Delivery in an Emerging Economy
- Source :
- Sustainability; Volume 14; Issue 3; Pages: 1401, Sustainability, Sustainability, Vol 14, Iss 1401, p 1401 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022.
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Abstract
- The dramatic rise in online shopping means that the last mile delivery (LMD) task is becoming extremely important. However, last mile delivery faces many economic, social, and environmental challenges. A fast-growing innovative solution is Crowd Logistics Delivery (CLD). This study investigates how CLD is meeting these challenges in a rapidly emerging economy (Saudi Arabia). It uses semi-structured interviews to analyse CLD from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, focusing on its implementation, benefits to different stakeholders, and its limitations. While the findings of this study broadly support the work of other studies in this area, it provides several new insights. It observed three different business models being used for CLD: B2B, B2C, and C2C. It identified the internal success factors of each business model, including registration, assigning orders, compensation, and the payment model. It revealed the motivations for stakeholders to use CLD as a last mile delivery solution, such as LMD-related benefits and the social impact on society. In addition, the study highlighted the four main challenges these CLD implementations face that impede their success: legislation, availability of supply/drivers, trust, and culture. These results add to the rapidly expanding field of CLD.
- Subjects :
- stakeholder analysis
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Geography, Planning and Development
crowd logistics
TJ807-830
last mile delivery
business model
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability; Volume 14; Issue 3; Pages: 1401
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6245587ff54666169b2f29dc6f0e2ae8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031401