Agency encroachment and information sharing: cooperation and competition in freight forwarding market

IF 3.7 3区工程技术 Q2 TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Policy & Management Pub Date : 2022-05-02 DOI:10.1080/03088839.2021.1990428

Lang Xu, Jia Shi, Jihong Chen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The information exchange between the forwarder and vessel operating common carrier (VOCC) directly leads to a shortage or surplus of capacity and influences operational efficiency. Meanwhile, the development of information technology has inspired VOCCs to establish online booking platforms, which has changed the traditional booking behavior of shippers. Thus, this paper investigates the equilibriums of platform encroachment and information sharing with two symmetric VOCCs and a forwarder. Using a game-theoretic model, it can be characterized as Stackelberg-Nash game with Bertrand competition to determine whether to encroach existing freight forwarding market and share information or not. We observe whether freight forwarder shared information is affected by the encroachment strategy of VOCCs and the market demand state. Further, the encroachment strategy can prompt freight forwarder to share information with VOCCs if the magnitude of high demand is lower. In addition, for VOCCs, the best chance of establishing online platforms is when the magnitude of high demand is relatively low, not when the demand state has increased.

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代理侵占与信息共享：货运代理市场的合作与竞争

货运代理与船舶运营共同承运人（VOCC）之间的信息交换直接导致运力短缺或过剩，并影响运营效率。与此同时，信息技术的发展激发了VOCs建立在线预订平台的灵感，这改变了托运人的传统预订行为。因此，本文研究了两个对称VOCs和一个转发器的平台入侵和信息共享的平衡。利用博弈论模型，可以将其定性为具有Bertrand竞争的Stackelberg Nash博弈，以确定是否侵占现有货运代理市场和共享信息。我们观察货运代理共享信息是否受到挥发性有机化合物侵占策略和市场需求状态的影响。此外，如果高需求量较低，侵占策略可以促使货运代理与挥发性有机化合物共享信息。此外，对于挥发性有机化合物，建立在线平台的最佳机会是在高需求量相对较低的时候，而不是在需求状态增加的时候。

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