Title: Optimal Operation Strategies of an Urban Crowdshipping Platform in Asset-Light, Asset-Medium, or Asset-Heavy Business Format
Authors: Zhuoye Zhang, Fangni Zhang
Abstract: This paper investigates the operation strategies of an urban crowdshipping platform, which utilizes the latent capacity of the traveling ‘crowd’ in the transportation system to facilitate parcel delivery. We develop an analytical model to characterize the decision-making and operation strategies of a crowdshipping operator in alternative business f...
Keywords: Crowdshipping; Two-sided market; Asset-light; Asset-medium; Asset-heavy