Business Model Development Based on Sharing Systems and Data Exchange for Sustainable City Logistics

Abstract

Transport is adapting to the rapid development of technology, adopting new trends and focusing on people and environment. At the same time, the needs of citizens’ mobility and goods’ transportation are complex, requiring the involvement of different stakeholders under the appropriate partnerships. To this end, the development of innovative integrated business models, including the principles of circular economy, is vital. The aim of this paper is to propose a new business model framework, which facilitates the incorporation of emerging trends in city logistics, i.e. sharing systems and data exchange and the development of synergies amongst private and public actors. Towards this direction, the main findings of a literature review are presented, including new and emerging trends in transport, as well as the content and applications of sustainable and circular business models. These findings feed the development of the proposed business model for sustainable city logistics. © 2021, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.