Abstract
The research in this paper highlights the interaction and development of sustainable entrepreneurship activities in the environment of Green Transport Corridors. The objective is to show how the concept of Green Transport Corridors, initiated by the European Commission, comprises the framework for an entrepreneurial ecosystem bearing the potential to deploy sustainable entrepreneurship activities to the benefit of new start-ups as well as already existing small and medium sized companies (SMEs). The methods used are to analyse the existing green corridor initiatives together with their economic growth strategies and their impact on the surrounding entrepreneurial ecosystems. The results will be discussed in the context of network and cluster theories and evaluated by previously made studies and cases from SME sector in regard to logistics and networking. Additionally, with focus group meetings core requirements for green corridors together with a set of key performance indicators (KPI) are elaborated. The results are that Green Transport Corridors set the frame for sustainable development and foster a coherent entrepreneurial ecosystem especially for start-ups and existing SMEs in the logistics sector.
Highlights
Since the appearance of the first Transport White Paper (COM 2001: 370 final) of the European Commission in 2001 the necessity of shifting volumes of the dominant road traffic to other more efficient transport modes is being expressed constantly
This paper focuses on the benefits for entrepreneurial activities and especially small and medium sized enterprises (SME) as being part of a Green Transport Corridor
The concept of Green Transport Corridor is highly ranked on the political agenda the question still remains if and how the private business sector, mainly sized companies (SMEs) in logistic sector can benefit from these attempts
Summary
Since the appearance of the first Transport White Paper (COM 2001: 370 final) of the European Commission in 2001 the necessity of shifting volumes of the dominant road traffic to other more efficient transport modes is being expressed constantly. After the revision of the EU Transport White paper (COM 2006: 314 final) in 2006, the concept of green corridors was introduced as an initiative of the European Commission in the Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan (FTLAP 2007). All initiatives agree that for green transport adequate trans-shipment facilities, innovative transport technology, and advanced ITS applications are compulsory to achieve environmentally friendly transport solutions. Beside these more technical oriented topics a set of requirements and key performance indicators (KPI) for green corridors are developed in order to describe a framework for the corridor governance and to safeguard a sustainable corridor management. The research question is how and to which extend can SMEs benefit from being part of the Green Transport Corridor and how do the frame conditions of green corridors impact entrepreneurship and the business environment around corridors
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