transport Coordination and Distribution Efficiency: Pricing Norms and Profit Potential

transport Coordination and Distribution Efficiency: Pricing Norms and Profit Potential

This article argues that carriers have every incentive to co-operate voluntarily in the provision of coordinated services where these are more efficient than service by a single mode. The largest profits flow from the most efficient services. But there must be efficient pricing and shippers must respond rationally.

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