Identifying and Prioritizing the Competitiveness Evaluation Criteria and Sub-Criteria of International Rail Freight Transport Services

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1 Department of Management, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran.

2 Department of Mathematics, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize the competitiveness evaluation criteria and sub-criteria of international rail freight transport services. The present study is an exploratory-descriptive research and its statistical population consists of managers and experts of international rail freight transportation companies. The research sampling method is snowball and purposive, and the sample size is equal to 10 people. The data collection instrument is a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed using content validity method and its reliability was confirmed using inconsistency rate mechanism. To analyze data, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique was used. The research findings indicate that the competitiveness evaluation criteria of international rail freight transport services include six criteria of accuracy, safety, convenience, reliability, economic efficiency, and speed, each of which has several sub-criteria. In addition, the results of the research show that speed is the most important criterion to evaluate the competitiveness of international rail freight transport services, followed by accuracy and reliability, and network is the most important sub-criteria to evaluate the competitiveness of international rail freight transport services, followed by packing condition and on-time pick-up. The findings of the research help international rail freight transportation companies to evaluate and improve their competitiveness using the identified criteria and sub-criteria.

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Quarterly Journal of Transportation Engineering

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 25 April 2023

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  • Receive Date: 02 December 2022
  • Revise Date: 03 April 2023
  • Accept Date: 04 April 2023

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