The Role of Road Transport Infrastructure Investments on Logistics Performance: A Research Agenda
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This research aims to highlight the impact of road transport infrastructure investments on logistics performance.</p><p><strong>Design/ methodology/ approach:</strong> A systematic review of 20 published research on the role of r...
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| author | Engy Osman Bayoumi Sara Elgazzar Alaa Abdel Bary Stefano Ricci |
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| description | <p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This research aims to highlight the impact of road transport infrastructure investments on logistics performance.</p><p><strong>Design/ methodology/ approach:</strong> A systematic review of 20 published research on the role of road transport infrastructure investments was conducted with the purpose of identifying the impacts of road infrastructure on logistics performance, the methods used in the previous studies, the lessons learned from investing in road transportation infrastructure, and the previous researchers’ recommendations for the further studies.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> It revealed that road transportation investments are essential for a country’s development from logistics, economic, and social perspectives. Road transport investments play a vital role in the efficiency of a country’s logistics performance and the economy as it facilitates connectivity and accessibility to all supply chain areas within a country. In addition, it reduces all the operational costs of road trips. Moreover, in previous research, almost all researchers used a single method to figure out these impacts and none of them used hybrid methods to get more accurate results.</p><p><strong>Research implications/ limitations</strong>: The paper provides a comprehensive view on the impact of road transport infrastructure investments on logistics performance. In addition, it identifies new research gaps as not all the factors of road transportation that affect logistics performance have been fully tackled in previous research, upon which a research agenda was developed.</p><p><strong>Originality:</strong> The paper introduces a comprehensive systematic literature review that highlights the relationship between road infrastructure investments and logistics performance to guide future research.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9678ba61c78244e49a544e6ef57fcef12024-03-17T15:34:57ZengAcademy Publishing CenterInternational Business Logistics Journal2735-59502735-59692021-12-0112162710.21622/ibl.2021.01.2.016186The Role of Road Transport Infrastructure Investments on Logistics Performance: A Research AgendaEngy Osman Bayoumi0Sara Elgazzar1Alaa Abdel Bary2Stefano Ricci3Graduate Teaching Assistant at College of International Transport and Logistics Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Alexandria, EgyptProfessor, Supply Chain Finance, Dean of College of International Transport and Logistics, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). Abu Kir Campus, PO Box: 1029, Miami, Alexandria, EGYPTVice President for Post Graduate Studies and Research, Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT). Abu Kir Campus, PO Box: 1029, Miami, Alexandria, EGYPTDepartment of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This research aims to highlight the impact of road transport infrastructure investments on logistics performance.</p><p><strong>Design/ methodology/ approach:</strong> A systematic review of 20 published research on the role of road transport infrastructure investments was conducted with the purpose of identifying the impacts of road infrastructure on logistics performance, the methods used in the previous studies, the lessons learned from investing in road transportation infrastructure, and the previous researchers’ recommendations for the further studies.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> It revealed that road transportation investments are essential for a country’s development from logistics, economic, and social perspectives. Road transport investments play a vital role in the efficiency of a country’s logistics performance and the economy as it facilitates connectivity and accessibility to all supply chain areas within a country. In addition, it reduces all the operational costs of road trips. Moreover, in previous research, almost all researchers used a single method to figure out these impacts and none of them used hybrid methods to get more accurate results.</p><p><strong>Research implications/ limitations</strong>: The paper provides a comprehensive view on the impact of road transport infrastructure investments on logistics performance. In addition, it identifies new research gaps as not all the factors of road transportation that affect logistics performance have been fully tackled in previous research, upon which a research agenda was developed.</p><p><strong>Originality:</strong> The paper introduces a comprehensive systematic literature review that highlights the relationship between road infrastructure investments and logistics performance to guide future research.</p>http://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/IBL/article/view/393infrastructure investmentslogistics performanceroad transportation |
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| title | The Role of Road Transport Infrastructure Investments on Logistics Performance: A Research Agenda |
| title_full | The Role of Road Transport Infrastructure Investments on Logistics Performance: A Research Agenda |
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| title_short | The Role of Road Transport Infrastructure Investments on Logistics Performance: A Research Agenda |
| title_sort | role of road transport infrastructure investments on logistics performance a research agenda |
| topic | infrastructure investments logistics performance road transportation |
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