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Business Models for Advanced ICT in Logistics

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Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains

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This scientific work explains how ICT together with an innovative business approach may enhance supply chains. The presented results derive from the application of a novel methodology developed to study the evolution of the business models of different business actors belonging to a business ecosystem focused on co-modal logistics networks. Each type of actors is pursuing its own value system on the basis of the key elements that identify and characterize the nature of its activities and business. The focus of the business models is on the key elements that characterize the value-creation links between the involved actors in the proposed Logistics Reference Value Chain. The presented work focuses on broadening and exploring the traditional concepts of business models showing their evolution when considering the future business environment. Two cases studies are presented to show in practical terms the evolution of the business models of the involved logistics actors in a business ecosystem and to present concrete examples from industries.

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Acknowledgments

The paper presents the work carried on within the Intelligent Cargo in Efficient and Sustainable Global Logistics Operations, iCargo, project and within the Lean Secure and Reliable Logistic Connectivity for SMEs, LogiCon, project.

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  1. Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Valentina Boschian

  2. Bluegreen Strategy SRL, Via Sebastiano Serlio 24, 48128, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Paganelli

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  1. Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, Breda, The Netherlands

    Meng Lu

  2. European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

    Joost De Bock

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Boschian, V., Paganelli, P. (2016). Business Models for Advanced ICT in Logistics. In: Lu, M., De Bock, J. (eds) Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17419-8_2

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