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This paper explores the role and value of collaboration through telephone interviews with 32 senior managers in the Australian logistics industry. Key findings from this elite sample include collaboration being a significant strategy which has been successfully utilised to grow business over the past three years by the majority of the sample. Their strong commitment to collaboration as a strategy demonstrates its perceived value to their organisations. The interviewees anticipate that the number of collaborations will continue to grow in the industry over the next decade, indicating that managing collaboration’s key enablers, such as business facilitation skills, is important to ongoing success.

Item Type:	Refereed Conference Paper
Keywords:	collaboration, strategic drivers, Australian logistics industry
Research Division:	Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
Research Group:	Transportation and Freight Services
Research Field:	Transportation and Freight Services not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:	Transport
Objective Group:	Water Transport
Objective Field:	International Sea Freight Transport (excl. Live Animal Transport)
UTAS Author:	Pateman, HA (Dr Hilary Pateman)
UTAS Author:	Cahoon, SC (Associate Professor Stephen Cahoon)
UTAS Author:	Chen, S-L (Dr Peggy Chen)
ID Code:	106387
Year Published:	2015
Deposited By:	Maritime and Logistics Management
Deposited On:	2016-02-09
Last Modified:	2018-04-12
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