IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/tefoso/v143y2019icp85-100.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Decarbonizing freight transportation: An integrated EFA-TISM approach to model enablers of dedicated freight corridors

Author

Listed:
  • Shankar, Ravi
  • Pathak, Devendra Kumar
  • Choudhary, Devendra

Abstract

The growing concern for the environment and imperative need for technology-enabled energy efficient freight transportation have led to the development of dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) in many countries like Germany, Netherlands, Austria, and India. The rapid expansion of DFCs is needed to improve supply chain efficiency. DFCs have potential to decongest existing rail networks, reduce the modal share of road freight transportation, and decarbonize freight transport sector. This study attempts to use transition management theory for identifying enablers of DFC for the transition from road to rail freight transportation. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is employed to confirm the three-level transition management framework for these enablers. This paper also proposes an eight-level hierarchical total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) based model for explicating the inter-relationships among the enablers of DFC to decarbonize freight transportation and achieve sustainability in the freight transport sector. Eventually, this paper provides empirical evidence to identify and validate the enablers of DFC through the lens of transition management theory. This paper also highlights the role of ‘adoption of advanced technologies’ to achieve sustainability in freight transportation. The outcomes of this study also facilitate policy-makers in understanding and managing the key enablers of DFCs to decarbonize freight transport sector.

Suggested Citation

  • Shankar, Ravi & Pathak, Devendra Kumar & Choudhary, Devendra, 2019. "Decarbonizing freight transportation: An integrated EFA-TISM approach to model enablers of dedicated freight corridors," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 85-100.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:143:y:2019:i:c:p:85-100
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.03.010
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162518304657
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.03.010?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Choudhary, Alok & Sarkar, Sagar & Settur, Srikar & Tiwari, M.K., 2015. "A carbon market sensitive optimization model for integrated forward–reverse logistics," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 433-444.
    2. Liimatainen, Heikki & Kallionpää, Erika & Pöllänen, Markus & Stenholm, Pekka & Tapio, Petri & McKinnon, Alan, 2014. "Decarbonizing road freight in the future — Detailed scenarios of the carbon emissions of Finnish road freight transport in 2030 using a Delphi method approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 177-191.
    3. Rajesh, R., 2017. "Technological capabilities and supply chain resilience of firms: A relational analysis using Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (TISM)," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 161-169.
    4. Pei Liu & Dong Mu & Daqing Gong, 2017. "Eliminating Overload Trucking via a Modal Shift to Achieve Intercity Freight Sustainability: A System Dynamics Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-24, March.
    5. Demir, Emrah & Bektaş, Tolga & Laporte, Gilbert, 2014. "A review of recent research on green road freight transportation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 237(3), pages 775-793.
    6. Sanchez Rodrigues, V. & Pettit, S. & Harris, I. & Beresford, A. & Piecyk, M. & Yang, Z. & Ng, A., 2015. "UK supply chain carbon mitigation strategies using alternative ports and multimodal freight transport operations," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 40-56.
    7. J. Jena & Sumati Sidharth & Lakshman S. Thakur & Devendra Kumar Pathak & V.C. Pandey, 2017. "Total Interpretive Structural Modeling (TISM): approach and application," Journal of Advances in Management Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 14(2), pages 162-181, May.
    8. Swenseth, Scott R. & Godfrey, Michael R., 2002. "Incorporating transportation costs into inventory replenishment decisions," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 77(2), pages 113-130, May.
    9. Sushil, 2018. "How to check correctness of total interpretive structural models?," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 270(1), pages 473-487, November.
    10. Chen, Peng-Ting & Kuo, Shu-Chen, 2017. "Innovation resistance and strategic implications of enterprise social media websites in Taiwan through knowledge sharing perspective," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 55-69.
    11. Lumbreras, Julio & Borge, Rafael & Guijarro, Alberto & Lopez, Jose M. & Rodríguez, M. Encarnacion, 2014. "A methodology to compute emission projections from road transport (EmiTRANS)," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 165-176.
    12. Schuckmann, Steffen W. & Gnatzy, Tobias & Darkow, Inga-Lena & von der Gracht, Heiko A., 2012. "Analysis of factors influencing the development of transport infrastructure until the year 2030 — A Delphi based scenario study," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 79(8), pages 1373-1387.
    13. Hashem Omrani & Mehdi Keshavarz, 2016. "A performance evaluation model for supply chain of shipping company in Iran: an application of the relational network DEA," Maritime Policy & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(1), pages 121-135, January.
    14. Gouvea, Raul & Kapelianis, Dimitri & Kassicieh, Sul, 2018. "Assessing the nexus of sustainability and information & communications technology," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 39-44.
    15. Al-Gahtani, Khalid & Alsulaihi, Ibrahim & El-Hawary, Mostafa & Marzouk, Mohamed, 2016. "Investigating sustainability parameters of administrative buildings in Saudi Arabia," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 41-48.
    16. McDowall, Will, 2012. "Technology roadmaps for transition management: The case of hydrogen energy," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 79(3), pages 530-542.
    17. Parikh, Kirit, 2012. "Sustainable development and low carbon growth strategy for India," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 40(1), pages 31-38.
    18. Shankar, Ravi & Gupta, Rachita & Pathak, Devendra Kumar, 2018. "Modeling critical success factors of traceability for food logistics system," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 205-222.
    19. Ratanavaraha, Vatanavongs & Jomnonkwao, Sajjakaj, 2015. "Trends in Thailand CO2 emissions in the transportation sector and Policy Mitigation," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 136-146.
    20. Tob-Ogu, Abiye & Kumar, Niraj & Cullen, John, 2018. "ICT adoption in road freight transport in Nigeria – A case study of the petroleum downstream sector," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 131(C), pages 240-252.
    21. Lee, Jung Hoon & Kim, Hyung-il & Phaal, Robert, 2012. "An analysis of factors improving technology roadmap credibility: A communications theory assessment of roadmapping processes," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 79(2), pages 263-280.
    22. Ralf Elbert & Lowis Seikowsky, 2017. "The influences of behavioral biases, barriers and facilitators on the willingness of forwarders’ decision makers to modal shift from unimodal road freight transport to intermodal road–rail freight tra," Journal of Business Economics, Springer, vol. 87(8), pages 1083-1123, November.
    23. Harris, Irina & Wang, Yingli & Wang, Haiyang, 2015. "ICT in multimodal transport and technological trends: Unleashing potential for the future," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 159(C), pages 88-103.
    24. Harry Geerlings & Jasper Lohuis & Bart Wiegmans & Arnoud Willemsen, 2009. "A renaissance in understanding technology dynamics? The emerging concept of transition management in transportation," Transportation Planning and Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(5), pages 401-422, August.
    25. Oliver Lah, 2017. "Decarbonizing the transportation sector: policy options, synergies, and institutions to deliver on a low‐carbon stabilization pathway," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(6), November.
    26. Melander, Lisa & Dubois, Anna & Hedvall, Klas & Lind, Frida, 2019. "Future goods transport in Sweden 2050: Using a Delphi-based scenario analysis," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 178-189.
    27. Elbert, R. & Seikowsky, L., 2017. "The influences of behavioral biases, barriers and facilitators on the willingness of forwarders’ decision makers to modal shift from unimodal road freight transport to intermodal road–rail freight tra," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 85074, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
    28. Amit Kumar Srivastava & Sushil, 2013. "Modeling strategic performance factors for effective strategy execution," International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 62(6), pages 554-582, July.
    29. Demir, Emrah & Huang, Yuan & Scholts, Sebastiaan & Van Woensel, Tom, 2015. "A selected review on the negative externalities of the freight transportation: Modeling and pricing," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 95-114.
    30. Menezes, Esther & Maia, Alexandre Gori & de Carvalho, Cristiane Silva, 2017. "Effectiveness of low-carbon development strategies: Evaluation of policy scenarios for the urban transport sector in a Brazilian megacity," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 226-241.
    31. Grant-Muller, Susan & Usher, Mark, 2014. "Intelligent Transport Systems: The propensity for environmental and economic benefits," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 149-166.
    32. Dhar, Subash & Shukla, Priyadarshi R., 2015. "Low carbon scenarios for transport in India: Co-benefits analysis," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 186-198.
    33. Mulholland, Eamonn & Teter, Jacob & Cazzola, Pierpaolo & McDonald, Zane & Ó Gallachóir, Brian P., 2018. "The long haul towards decarbonising road freight – A global assessment to 2050," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 216(C), pages 678-693.
    34. Ramanathan, R. & Parikh, Jyoti K., 1999. "Transport sector in India: an analysis in the context of sustainable development," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 6(1), pages 35-46, January.
    35. Gunasekaran, A. & Patel, C. & McGaughey, Ronald E., 2004. "A framework for supply chain performance measurement," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(3), pages 333-347, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Carlos Alonso de Armiño & Daniel Urda & Roberto Alcalde & Santiago García & Álvaro Herrero, 2022. "An Intelligent Visualisation Tool to Analyse the Sustainability of Road Transportation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-15, January.
    2. Vishal Kashav & Chandra Prakash Garg & Rupesh Kumar, 2023. "Ranking the strategies to overcome the barriers of the maritime supply chain (MSC) of containerized freight under fuzzy environment," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 324(1), pages 1223-1268, May.
    3. Monica Shukla & Ravi Shankar, 2022. "Modeling of critical success factors for adoption of smart manufacturing system in Indian SMEs: an integrated approach," OPSEARCH, Springer;Operational Research Society of India, vol. 59(4), pages 1271-1303, December.
    4. Fulzele, Vijayta & Shankar, Ravi, 2022. "Improving freight transportation performance through sustainability best practices," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 285-299.
    5. Aalok Kumar & Ramesh Anbanandam, 2020. "A Flexible Policy Framework for Analysing Multimodal Freight Transportation System in India: SAP–LAP and Efficient IRP Method," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 21(1), pages 35-52, March.
    6. Arun Kumar Deshmukh & Ashutosh Mohan & Ishi Mohan, 2022. "Goods and Services Tax (GST) Implementation in India: A SAP–LAP–Twitter Analytic Perspective," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 23(2), pages 165-183, June.
    7. Chia-Nan Wang & Tran Quynh Le & Ching-Hua Yu & Hsiao-Chi Ling & Thanh-Tuan Dang, 2022. "Strategic Environmental Assessment of Land Transportation: An Application of DEA with Undesirable Output Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-16, January.
    8. Vijayta Fulzele & Ravi Shankar, 2023. "Performance measurement of sustainable freight transportation: a consensus model and FERA approach," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 324(1), pages 501-542, May.
    9. Gupta, Dipti & Dhar, Subash, 2022. "Exploring the freight transportation transitions for mitigation and development pathways of India," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 156-175.
    10. Orji, Ifeyinwa Juliet & Kusi-Sarpong, Simonov & Huang, Shuangfa & Vazquez-Brust, Diego, 2020. "Evaluating the factors that influence blockchain adoption in the freight logistics industry," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Tobias Meyer & Heiko A. von der Gracht & Evi Hartmann, 2022. "Technology foresight for sustainable road freight transportation: Insights from a global real‐time Delphi study," Futures & Foresight Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 4(1), March.
    2. Syed Mithun Ali & Asraf Arafin & Md. Abdul Moktadir & Towfique Rahman & Nuzhat Zahan, 2018. "Barriers to Reverse Logistics in the Computer Supply Chain Using Interpretive Structural Model," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 19(1), pages 53-68, March.
    3. Sudatta Kar & Arpan Kumar Kar & Manmohan Prasad Gupta, 2021. "Modeling Drivers and Barriers of Artificial Intelligence Adoption: Insights from a Strategic Management Perspective," Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(4), pages 217-238, October.
    4. Verônica Ghisolfi & Lóránt Antal Tavasszy & Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia & Gisele de Lorena Diniz Chaves & Glaydston Mattos Ribeiro, 2022. "Freight Transport Decarbonization: A Systematic Literature Review of System Dynamics Models," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-30, March.
    5. Aalok Kumar & Ramesh Anbanandam, 2020. "A Flexible Policy Framework for Analysing Multimodal Freight Transportation System in India: SAP–LAP and Efficient IRP Method," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 21(1), pages 35-52, March.
    6. Abiye Tob-Ogu & Niraj Kumar & John Cullen & Erica E. F. Ballantyne, 2018. "Sustainability Intervention Mechanisms for Managing Road Freight Transport Externalities: A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-18, June.
    7. Ghazy, Shams & Tang, Yu Hoe & Mugumya, Kevin Luwemba & Wong, Jing Ying & Chan, Andy, 2022. "Future-proofing Klang Valley’s veins with REBET: A framework for directing transportation technologies towards infrastructure resilience," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    8. Sujan Piya & Ahm Shamsuzzoha & Mohammad Khadem & Nasr Al-Hinai, 2020. "Identification of Critical Factors and Their Interrelationships to Design Agile Supply Chain: Special Focus to Oil and Gas Industries," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 21(3), pages 263-281, September.
    9. H. Mahesh Prabhu & Amit Kumar Srivastava, 2023. "CEO Transformational Leadership, Supply Chain Agility and Firm Performance: A TISM Modeling among SMEs," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 24(1), pages 51-65, March.
    10. Pauget, Bertrand & Tobelem, Jean-Michel & Bootz, Jean-Philippe, 2021. "The future of French museums in 2030," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    11. Sushil, 2017. "Modified ISM/TISM Process with Simultaneous Transitivity Checks for Reducing Direct Pair Comparisons," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 18(4), pages 331-351, December.
    12. Madhukar Patil & M. Suresh, 2019. "Modelling the Enablers of Workforce Agility in IoT Projects: A TISM Approach," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 20(2), pages 157-175, June.
    13. Hansen, Christoph & Daim, Tugrul & Ernst, Horst & Herstatt, Cornelius, 2016. "The future of rail automation: A scenario-based technology roadmap for the rail automation market," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 196-212.
    14. Yuangao Chen & Shuo Wang & Jianrong Yao & Yixiao Li & Shuiqing Yang, 2018. "Socially responsible supplier selection and sustainable supply chain development: A combined approach of total interpretive structural modeling and fuzzy analytic network process," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(8), pages 1708-1719, December.
    15. Johansson, Magnus & Vierth, Inge & Holmgren, Kristina & Cullinane, Kevin, 2023. "How will electrification and increased use of new fuels affect the effectiveness of freight modal shift policies?," Working Papers 2023:4, Swedish National Road & Transport Research Institute (VTI).
    16. Rajan, Rishabh & Rana, Nripendra P. & Parameswar, Nakul & Dhir, Sanjay & Sushil, & Dwivedi, Yogesh K., 2021. "Developing a modified total interpretive structural model (M-TISM) for organizational strategic cybersecurity management," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    17. Natallia Pashkevich & Darek Haftor & Mikael Karlsson & Soumitra Chowdhury, 2019. "Sustainability through the Digitalization of Industrial Machines: Complementary Factors of Fuel Consumption and Productivity for Forklifts with Sensors," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-21, November.
    18. Bertrand Pauget & Jean-Michel Tobelem & Jean-Philippe Bootz, 2021. "The future of French museums in 2030," Post-Print hal-03902827, HAL.
    19. Fritschy, Carolin & Spinler, Stefan, 2019. "The impact of autonomous trucks on business models in the automotive and logistics industry–a Delphi-based scenario study," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    20. Sara Rogerson & Vendela Santén & Uni Sallnäs, 2021. "The Influence of Power and Trust on the Initiation and Duration of Modal Shift Solutions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-19, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:143:y:2019:i:c:p:85-100. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401625 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.