The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London
Conference Proceeding
Ablola, M., Plant, E., & Lee, C. (2014)
The future of sustainable urban freight distribution: a Delphi study of the drivers and barriers of electric vehicles in London. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0953
The use of electric delivery vehicles in urban applications is a viable solution proposed by government and academic research to enable the logistics industry to achieve the c...
An investigation of the benefits and barriers of e-business adoption activities in Yemeni SMEs
Journal Article
Abdullah, A., Thomas, B., Murphy, L., & Plant, E. (2018)
An investigation of the benefits and barriers of e-business adoption activities in Yemeni SMEs. Strategic Change, 27(3), 195-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2195
Yemeni small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are at the early stages of e‐business adoption and their owners and managers need to be supported to gain an understanding of...
Challenges to the Adoption of E-commerce Technology for Supply Chain Management in a Developing Economy: A Focus on Nigerian SMEs
Book Chapter
White, G. R. T., Afolayan, A., & Plant, E. (2014)
Challenges to the Adoption of E-commerce Technology for Supply Chain Management in a Developing Economy: A Focus on Nigerian SMEs. In E-commerce Platform Acceptance (23-39). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06121-4_2
The evolution of Information Technology has enhanced consumers' and organisations’ ability to gather information along with purchasing goods and services. Information Technolo...
Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry
Conference Proceeding
Plant, E., & McGovern, J. (2011)
Behavioural Antecedents of Inter-firm Linkages in the Irish Road Freight Industry. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Universities’ Transport Studies Group
The Irish road haulage industry exhibits a structure dominated by single-vehicle owner-managed operators. This has implications for the Irish economy through reduced efficienc...
Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, X., & Plant, E. (2021, September)
Towards a Decarbonisation Roadmap for Road Freight in Ireland: A Gap Analysis of Policy Agenda and Industry Perception. Paper presented at Logistics Research Network Conference 2021: Sustainable and resilient supply chains in disruptive times, Cardiff [Online]
Purpose - Transport carbon emissions in Ireland have been steadily increasing over the past ten years, in contrast to other countries in Europe. There have been policy measure...
Self-Driving Vehicles in Road Freight Transport
Other
Sing Muddhar, A., Valantasis-Kanello, N., & Plant, E. (2016)
Self-Driving Vehicles in Road Freight Transport. http://linklinejournal.com/self-driving-vehicles-road-freight-transport/
The advent of self-driving vehicles is gearing up to be a major game changer across all transport industries. The freight and supply chain industry, in particular, could see r...