| Title |
Business models and tariff simulation in car-sharing services |
| ID_Doc |
78739 |
| Authors |
Perboli, G; Ferrero, F; Musso, S; Vesco, A |
| Title |
Business models and tariff simulation in car-sharing services |
| Year |
2018 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.tra.2017.09.011 |
| Abstract |
The paper considers an important new and growing business in sustainable transportation, car sharing services. This is, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive analysis of car-sharing services from the business model point of view. Specifically, we apply and introduce a standard and reproducible way to compare the business models of car-sharing companies. Our analysis results show that a crucial issue in defining car-sharing services is the creation of customized tariff plans. Thus, as a second contribution of our paper, we introduce a specific solution based on Monte Carlo simulation. This tool simulates the existing price and tariff policies or the introduction of new ones for different profiles of car-sharing users, according to different mobility needs and the traffic congestion of the urban area. As an example, we use our methodology to provide an in-depth description of the situation in the city of Turin, Italy. |
| Author Keywords |
Car-sharing; Business models; GUEST; Lean Business; Tariff simulation |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) |
| EID |
WOS:000442713400004 |
| WoS Category |
Economics; Transportation; Transportation Science & Technology |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Transportation |
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