Outsourcing the last mile: Should regulation be strictly focused on the urban segment?
Because of the development of e-commerce and the reduction of the shipments'size, the parcel delivery sector is growing rapidly. However, faced with their clients demands and constraints of urban cities (parking, congestion, delivery density), the parcel delivery groups have chosen to outsource their urban deliveries. This enables them to reduce payroll costs but also implies economic consequences for delivery drivers. Subcontracted drivers have high economic dependency on their principals, which can lead to a deterioration in the quality of deliveries and working conditions. Outside the city, when urban constraints no longer apply, are the subcontractors who work in long-distance interurban freight transport less economically dependent on their principals? The article questions the pertinence of the distinction between urban and interurban transport to analyse economic dependency and the scale of outsourcing regulation for decision makers.
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Authors:
- Rème-Harnay, Pétronille
- Publication Date: 2022-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 100833
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Serial:
- Research in Transportation Business & Management
- Volume: 45
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2210-5395
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22105395
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Contracting out; Delivery service; Regulation; Urban goods movement
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01849456
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 24 2022 10:55AM