CREATING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPPING WITH OWNER-OPERATORS

Trucking firms who rely on owner-operators to any significant extent will not achieve an advantage in a highly competitive industry if they do not understand their partners. But understanding them is only the first step in creating a competitive advantage. This understanding must be translated into a program of earnest partnershipping in which both the independent contractor and the trucking firm benefit. This study provides information to encourage that first step -- understanding owner-operators' concerns, needs, and wants. The report is organized in the following sections: Introduction; Review of Theory and Methodology; General Characteristics of the Combined Sample; Differences between OOIDA Members & Nonmembers and Owner-Operators & Company Drivers; and Summary, Conclusions, and Suggestions.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=239
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/63537
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052
• Authors:
  • Griffin, G C
  • Rodriguez, J M
• Publication Date: 1992-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 171 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Owner operators; Partnerships; Trucking
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00667611
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UGPTI Publication 91
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM