The impact of innovative development of transport enterprises on sustainable regional development
Year: 2026
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The article examines the impact of innovative development of transport enterprises on sustainable regional development, with an emphasis on strategic interaction between transport companies and regional authorities. The study highlights the limitations of traditional approaches to assessing investments in transport infrastructure, in particular their inability to fully take into account long-term, indirect, and spatially differentiated socio-economic, environmental, and institutional effects. To address this gap, a comprehensive game theory-based methodological framework is proposed to formalize the interaction between transport companies and regional authorities as a non-zero-sum two-player game. The purpose of the article is to justify and develop a comprehensive methodological approach to assessing the impact of innovative development of transport enterprises on the sustainable development of the region based on game theory, which allows formalizing the strategic interaction between the transport enterprise and regional authorities, determining equilibrium and Pareto optimal strategies for innovative projects, taking into account economic, environmental, social, and institutional-technological effects. The study integrates economic, environmental, social, and institutional-technological aspects of sustainable development into a single analytical model that allows determining the Nash equilibrium and Pareto-optimal strategies for the implementation of innovative projects. The proposed methodology has been empirically tested on the example of a Ukrainian logistics company that is implementing an innovative electric vehicle management system based on Smart Fleet and Big Data. The results show that cooperation strategies yield better results than isolated decision-making, providing mutual benefits for both transport companies and regional development, including reduced CO 2 emissions, lower accident rates, increased employment, higher productivity, and improved economic efficiency. The results confirm that innovative logistics development can serve as an effective tool for achieving regional sustainable development goals, provided that business strategies are aligned with public policy priorities and supported by appropriate institutional and financial mechanisms. The study contributes to the scientific literature by offering an integrated analytical approach that can be applied to transition economies and regions seeking to balance economic growth with environmental and social sustainability.
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7166131237