Competition and cooperation in road transport
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The discussion about competition and cooperation, especially for road transport, in the fields of pure competition, incomplete competition and sustainable market economy has the following results: In pure competition there is only price competition. There is no quality competition and no co-operation. Theoretical pure competition leads to equilibrium, but the conditions of pure competition have no relevance for practice. So it is clear, pure competition has no evidence for practice and cannot be used to ensure equilibrium in practice. In incomplete competition there is price, and quality competition as well as cooperation. But incomplete competition is not able to realize equilibrium neither in theory nor in practice. In sustainable market economy there is no price and no quality competition, but co-operation. It is possible to establish equilibria in theory and practice. But no state has realized sustainable market economy until now. Sustainable market economy without competition but with co-operation is a con cept for road transport, because in this field we have already a lot of co-operation. It could be possible to ensure optimal market situations with equilibrium and optimal welfare.
Source: Problemy Transportu i Logistyki
Author: Hermann Witte
Institutions: Osnabrück University, Hochschule Osnabrück
Language: Polish
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2547110980