<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The Russian market of logistics services suffered substantial losses during recent economic recession. Decrease in import from the EU and the USA, reduction of consumer spending within the country, increased borrowing costs led to sharp reduction in the growth rate of the investigated market value. Shortage of the modern infrastructure, fragmentation and imbalance of the Russian logistics market have contributed badly. This article focuses on identification of the promising strategic development directions for logistics service providers operating on the Russian market. On the basis of literature survey, the authors derive attractive client groups for 3PL operators, priority regions for geographical expansion as well as high-demand logistics and related services. The results of this survey could help logistics agents to define or clarify their market positioning and serve as a basis for further study of specific features in logistics outsourcing development in Russia.</p></abstract>

The Russian market of logistics services suffered substantial losses during recent economic recession. Decrease in import from the EU and the USA, reduction of consumer spending within the country, increased borrowing costs led to sharp reduction in the growth rate of the investigated market value. Shortage of the modern infrastructure, fragmentation and imbalance of the Russian logistics market have contributed badly. This article focuses on identification of the promising strategic development directions for logistics service providers operating on the Russian market. On the basis of literature survey, the authors derive attractive client groups for 3PL operators, priority regions for geographical expansion as well as high-demand logistics and related services. The results of this survey could help logistics agents to define or clarify their market positioning and serve as a basis for further study of specific features in logistics outsourcing development in Russia.

Promising Directions for the Logistics Service Providers Development on the Russian Market in Times of Recession

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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The Russian market of logistics services suffered substantial losses during recent economic recession. Decrease in import from the EU and the USA, reduction of...

Promising Directions for the Logistics Service Providers Development on the Russian Market in Times of Recession

Pubblicato online: 28 apr 2018

Pagine: 151 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2018-0013

Parole chiave
logistics service, logistics outsourcing, third party logistics, logistics infrastructure

© Transport and Telecommunication Institute

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Promising Directions for the Logistics Service Providers Development on the Russian Market in Times of Recession

Pubblicato online: 28 apr 2018

Pagine: 151 - 163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2018-0013

Parole chiavelogistics service, logistics outsourcing, third party logistics, logistics infrastructure

© Transport and Telecommunication Institute

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
logistics service, logistics outsourcing, third party logistics, logistics infrastructure