Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Informating Transport Transparency

Andersson, Magnus LU and Sternberg, Henrik LU (2016) 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2016 p.1841-1850
Abstract
This paper reports on an ongoing design-driven action research effort using information systems to promote transparency in the European freight transport industry. The current lack of transparency is linked to a growth of unsustainable business practices. This can be countered by reducing information asymmetry. However, access to reliable information is hampered by the severely fragmented organizational landscape of the transport industry coupled with the ephemeral nature of services and the inherently mobile and easily reconfigured resources of the trade.

The research presented here utilizes mobile crowdsourcing techniques as a means to overcome these challenges and to reduce information asymmetry in the focal transport... (More)
This paper reports on an ongoing design-driven action research effort using information systems to promote transparency in the European freight transport industry. The current lack of transparency is linked to a growth of unsustainable business practices. This can be countered by reducing information asymmetry. However, access to reliable information is hampered by the severely fragmented organizational landscape of the transport industry coupled with the ephemeral nature of services and the inherently mobile and easily reconfigured resources of the trade.

The research presented here utilizes mobile crowdsourcing techniques as a means to overcome these challenges and to reduce information asymmetry in the focal transport seller-transport buyer relation. The findings point to the positive impact of a crowdsourcing approach, yet highlight the importance of a balanced holistic network approach empowering all participants — end customers, authorities, NGOs, buyers, intermediaries and sellers — by reflecting their diverse incentives for information sharing. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
and
organization
publishing date
type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
host publication
2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
pages
10 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2016
conference location
Koloa, United States
conference dates
2016-01-05 - 2016-01-08
external identifiers
  • scopus:84975528063
  • wos:000412976701120
ISBN
978-0-7695-5670-3
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.2016.234
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
0051e0f7-54e1-4026-b1ee-170218a94c47 (old id 8520897)
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 13:57:45
date last changed
2022-12-14 19:16:21
@inproceedings{0051e0f7-54e1-4026-b1ee-170218a94c47,
  abstract     = {{This paper reports on an ongoing design-driven action research effort using information systems to promote transparency in the European freight transport industry. The current lack of transparency is linked to a growth of unsustainable business practices. This can be countered by reducing information asymmetry. However, access to reliable information is hampered by the severely fragmented organizational landscape of the transport industry coupled with the ephemeral nature of services and the inherently mobile and easily reconfigured resources of the trade.<br/><br>
The research presented here utilizes mobile crowdsourcing techniques as a means to overcome these challenges and to reduce information asymmetry in the focal transport seller-transport buyer relation. The findings point to the positive impact of a crowdsourcing approach, yet highlight the importance of a balanced holistic network approach empowering all participants — end customers, authorities, NGOs, buyers, intermediaries and sellers — by reflecting their diverse incentives for information sharing.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Magnus and Sternberg, Henrik}},
  booktitle    = {{2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-7695-5670-3}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1841--1850}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Informating Transport Transparency}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.234}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/HICSS.2016.234}},
  year         = {{2016}},
}