Strategy, Structure, and Performance of Rural Transportation Companies

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• Creators:
  Dass, Parshotam ; Ozment, John ; Zantow, Kenneth
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Arkansas. Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Trucking
  • Competition
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Questionnaires
  • Surveys
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MBTC1058
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this research is to understand how companies in the motor carrier industry achieve competitive advantage. Specifically, we examine how competitive strategy, structure, and tactics relate to one another and to company performance. A broad sample of trucking companies resulting in 332 responses provided information for this study. These companies represented truckload (TL, 67%), lessthan- truckload (LTL, 16%), and special commodity carriers (SC, 17%). Respondents were top executives of the motor carrier companies. Most executives responding to this study were males, about 49 years old. On average, they have over 25 years experience with about half of that in their present position. About 15% of the respondents have been owner operators. These top executives are likely to own about 30% of the company. Over half of the executives have at least a college (bachelor's) degree. They have exposure to several areas but Management was the most frequently mentioned area of expertise. While over two-thirds of the executives make $200,000 or less per year, 20% of LTL executives earn more than half a million dollars. 67p.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14447/dot_14447_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 170.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c9f5b643b40f354c89f09b6e8bef06a04e5cc1c177a9853ac3363672a1f0c3a8