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Call for Papers: World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research
Special issue on: "Dynamics of Innovation and Competitive Strategy in Transportation Research"
Guest Editor:
Janet K. Tinoco, PhD.
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
While innovation has been noted to be essential to sustained competitive advantage in many industry sectors, academic and practitioner research of innovation in transportation has been minimal. Yet transportation provides a unique context in which to examine the dynamics of innovation and its impacts to competitive strategy.
As industries age, innovations developed and implemented within organizations change in type and intensity. Product innovation and production process innovation, both highly examined in manufacturing sectors across industry life cycles, are not adequately researched in transportation industries. Additionally, there is an enormous gap in research with respect to less "visible" innovations, which include, but are not limited to, administrative and organizational innovations that focus on organizational structure, administrative processes and human resources; technical innovations that pertain to the technology used to produce products and render services; and marketing innovations that focus on the generation and implementation of new, novel elements in the marketing process, focusing on product, price, placement, and promotion as the variables of interest. These less "visible" types of innovations often provide sustained competitive advantage as they challenge competitors to discover and uncover an organizationally embedded rare and valuable innovation which is not easily imitated or substituted.
Subject Coverage
This special issue of WRITR is intended to present current research in the development and implementation of a broad spectrum of innovation types, their applications in transportation and supporting/related industries, changes in innovation across industry life cycles, and the resulting implications for strategy and competitive advantage. We encourage papers from all aspects of transportation and intermodal transportation where innovation has occurred or should occur, such as
Air cargo and passenger transportation
Alliances in the transportation industries
Brokering services
Cargo handling, equipment and facilities
Container development and evolution
Development of hubbing systems
Electronic Data Interchange
Future innovation trends in intermodal transportation
Ground transportation
Infrastructure development, maintenance, and upgrade
Intelligent transportation systems
Leasing companies
Network design
Ocean port development, facilities, and linkages
Pipeline operations
Railroad development and involvement in intermodal transportation
Security and safety of the transportation system
Supply chain innovation
Sustainability/transformational innovation
Transportation competition and cooperation
Transportation networks
Warehousing and inventory
Papers are not exclusively limited to the above fields. WRITR is listed in Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities.
Notes for Intending Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submissions of Papers web-page. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page, WRITR.
Important Dates
Submission of full paper before: 31 May 2009
Editors and Notes
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal.
Prospective authors are welcome to submit an abstract to the guest editor for preliminary feedback on the appropriateness of their planned manuscript. Please clearly identify your submission in the email subject line "WRITR- Dynamics of Innovation and Competitive Strategy in Transportation Research - Special Issue."
Guest Editor:
Dr. Janet K. Tinoco
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
College of Business
600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
USA
Email: tinocoj@erau.edu