Impact of government support on users' participation in emerging green crowdsourcing logistics model: evidence from digital freight platform in China
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
ISSN: 1741-0398
Article publication date: 22 December 2022
Issue publication date: 7 March 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Digital freight platform is an innovation practice of green concept, sharing economy and crowdsourcing concept in China's logistics field. It has many advantages, such as improving the utilization rate of logistics resources, reducing carbon emissions, etc., so it has been highly regarded by the government. This paper systematically studies what types of government supports are available and explores the influence mechanism of these government supports on users' participation intention in digital freight platform.
Design/methodology/approach
In total 191 valid questionnaires were collected through a questionnaire survey in China. Then SmartPLS is used to analyze the collected data.
Findings
The empirical results show that user subsidies, standardization of tax administration and financial resource support have a significant impact on actual carriers' participation intention in digital freight platform. The impact of standardization of tax administration on actual carriers' participation intention is the most substantial, followed by that of financial resource support, while the user subsidies exert a minimum impact. Moreover, the impact of standardization of tax administration and user subsidies on legitimacy perception is related to enterprise scale.
Originality/value
This study enriches the field of crowdsourcing logistics research and provides referential suggestions for the formulation and implementation of government supports to promote the sustainable development of green crowdsourcing logistics platforms represented by digital freight platform. In addition, in the growth process of new models with strong social benefits, the government can promote its development through a variety of policy tools to improve the accuracy of government policies.
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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by Zhejiang Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project (No. 22NDQN244YB), National Social Science Fund of China (No. 19BGL098). The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions, which helped them to greatly improve this paper.
Citation
Xiao, L., Ke, T., Yu, F. and Guo, P. (2023), "Impact of government support on users' participation in emerging green crowdsourcing logistics model: evidence from digital freight platform in China", Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Vol. 36 No. 2, pp. 583-604. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEIM-07-2021-0322
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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