World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research
Call for Papers
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
Cabells 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 at
www.inderscience.com. A guide for
authors and other relevant information for submitting papers are available
on the Author Guidelines page, WRITR,
www.inderscience.com
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 at
www.inderscienc.com. 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
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