Independent academic research
Case study
MIT: Asset carriers vs. non-asset providers
5×
more likely to stick to contract-priced loads
Research examining actual U.S. truckload transactions found that, all else equal, asset-based primary carriers were approximately five times more likely to stick to their contract-priced loads than non-asset primary carriers, or brokers, in both soft and tight freight markets.
Research credentials
- Study
- The End of “Set It and Forget It” Pricing? Opportunities for Market-Based Freight Contracts
- Researchers
- Angela Acocella, Chris Caplice and Yossi Sheffi
- Institution
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Transportation & Logistics
- Published
- February 4, 2022
- Data period
- September 2015 – January 2020
- Research type
- Empirical truckload transportation study; MIT working paper and arXiv preprint
- Identifier
- arXiv:2202.02367 · DOI 10.48550/arXiv.2202.02367
Research sourceAcocella, A., Caplice, C. & Sheffi, Y. (2022)The End of “Set It and Forget It” Pricing? Opportunities for Market-Based Freight ContractsMIT Center for Transportation & LogisticsEmpirical U.S. truckload research · working paper / arXiv preprintView original (opens in a new tab)
Credibility note: this is MIT research and a working paper, not a peer-reviewed MIT study. Acocella and Caplice’s subsequent peer-reviewed 2023 Journal of Business Logistics review cites this work as part of the truckload procurement literature.
Asset carrier
Shipper↓Carrier↓Truck
Broker
Shipper↓Broker↓Motor carrier↓Truck
Other research and case studies
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