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Ocena ryzyka wykorzystania giełd transportowych w działalności firm przewozowych
Assessment of the risk of using transport exchanges in the activities of transport companies

Author(s): Tomasz Rokicki, Stanisław Bereziński
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: transport; transport market applications; risk management;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the functionality of transport exchange applications and the indication of potential threats arising from their use in everyday work of a transport company. The substantive basis for the paper was a literature analysis in the field of transport exchange applications as well as information obtained from transport exchange service providers through their websites and telephone contact. The theoretical and practical knowledge of the authors who work on a daily basis using electronic freight exchanges applications was also used. It was found that in the era of electronic communication development and the increase in the volume of transported goods, transport exchange platforms are an important element of the transport system. Based on the conducted analysis it was noted that the use of transport exchange platforms brings with it a number of threats that many companies do not realize and doesn’t carry out right actions to diagnose them and counteract.

  • Issue Year: 3/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 69-78
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish