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Analysis of recovery measures for sustainable freight transportation

Ashish Dwivedi (Jindal Global Business School, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India)
Vipulesh Shardeo (Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India)
Anchal Patil (Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India)

Journal of Asia Business Studies

ISSN: 1558-7894

Article publication date: 20 October 2021

Issue publication date: 19 May 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The governments of different nations implemented various policy measures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. These policy measures had a negative impact towards freight transportation. Further, the shock and ripple effect on the other supply chain complicates the recovery process of freight transportation. The transformation of freight transportation in the post-COVID-19 world was reported to be unsustainable. Thus, emerged the requirement to formulate the recovery measures in the context of freight transportation. This study aims to identify and model the recovery measures for sustainable freight transportation (SFT).

Design/methodology/approach

In this study, 13 critical recovery measures are established from the literature and finalized with the help of an expert panel. An integrated Grey Decision-Making trial and evaluation laboratory is used to prioritize and establish the cause-effect relationships among the identified critical recovery measures. Further, sensitivity analysis is performed to ensure the robustness of the proposed model.

Findings

The present study reflects that Efficient traffic management (M13), sustainability focused policies (M2), sensitization of stakeholders (M10), financial support (M9) and adoption of 4 R practices (M12) are the top five critical recovery measures for SFT. The results highlight that the transport sector needs to retain the learning from the COVID-19 period to operate under low workforce availability. Further, the emerging economies are suggested to promote local manufacturing to reduce the lead time and risk of unavailability. The study findings reflect that attaining sustainability without considering the social dimension of sustainability is impossible. Also, the results shed light on the controllable and uncontrollable recovery measures.

Originality/value

The findings from the study would assist policymakers and practitioners in re-formulating the recovery measures for freight transportation considering the aspect of sustainability.

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Citation

Dwivedi, A., Shardeo, V. and Patil, A. (2022), "Analysis of recovery measures for sustainable freight transportation", Journal of Asia Business Studies, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 495-514. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-05-2021-0191

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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