Abstract
The adequacy of existing transport infrastructure to four distinct
clusters in Austria’s key regions is tested by examining the willingness of
logistics managers to pay for additional service improvements. Findings show
an overall willingness to pay for multiple service improvements; this reveals a
general dissatisfaction with current shipping options, regardless of transport
mode, where rail-mode services – ‘Bahn’ – provoke the greatest dissatisfaction.
Willingness to pay for improvements generally increases by degrees of regional
EU remoteness and relative youth of cluster industries, as hypothesised from
Schumpeterian assumptions concerning infrastructure innovation.
clusters in Austria’s key regions is tested by examining the willingness of
logistics managers to pay for additional service improvements. Findings show
an overall willingness to pay for multiple service improvements; this reveals a
general dissatisfaction with current shipping options, regardless of transport
mode, where rail-mode services – ‘Bahn’ – provoke the greatest dissatisfaction.
Willingness to pay for improvements generally increases by degrees of regional
EU remoteness and relative youth of cluster industries, as hypothesised from
Schumpeterian assumptions concerning infrastructure innovation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3 - 24 |
| Journal | International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1/2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2008 |