Peter Oberhofer
University of Vienna
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Euromed Journal of Business | 2012
Peter Oberhofer; Elmar Fürst
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the status quo of environmental management in the Austrian road freight transport sector. Different environmental practices are analyzed and the influence of attitudes and firm size is evaluated.Design/methodology/approach – A multi‐step empirical approach was performed. Based on a theoretical approach and a desktop survey on company web sites, several semi‐structured expert interviews were performed. Subsequently, an online‐survey was conducted and then analyzed by statistical methods.Findings – It was found that although companies in the road freight transport sector are aware of the importance of sustainable issues, actual performance needs to be improved. The authors found significant differences, particularly between smaller and larger firms.Research limitations/implications – Due to its nature as a research survey, the findings might be subject to some limitations such as sampling errors, non‐response effects and social desirability bias.Practical im...
Archive | 2015
Maria Dieplinger; Peter Oberhofer; Elmar W. M. Fuerst
Sustainability has increasingly become a central business focus in times when most societies realize the harmful influence of industries on both the environment and human health. Not only policy makers demand pro-active performance from companies but also various members within supply chains expect their business partners to reduce their negative impacts on the environment and the society. Exposed to increasing competitive pressure firms are often forced to adapt their business behaviour to economic considerations. The transport and logistics sector in particular is characterized by high competition and price sensitivity. Transport is the fastest growing sector in terms of the consumption of energy and the production of greenhouse gases in the European Union. Following a multiple case study approach, the paper compares the Austrian transport and logistics sector with the sectors of production of building material and wholesaling. It aims at providing some insight as to why there are differences in the environmental performances between the sectors. This is done by identifying the specific characteristics of the transport and logistics sector concerning environmental protection and explaining the respective influencing factors. The data of each case study was analysed anonymously for each company and sector, followed by a cross-sector analysis. The findings showed that there is general awareness for sustainability across all sectors; however, the respective behaviours differ considerably. Finally, we propose implications for improving the environmental behaviour of transport and logistics companies and suggest topics for further research.
WiSt - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium | 2013
Elmar Fürst; Peter Oberhofer
Mobilität, einer der grundlegenden Begriffe der Verkehrswirtschaft, wird häufig fälschlicherweise mit Verkehr gleichgesetzt. Der Beitrag analysiert den Begriff Mobilität und grenzt verschiedene Bedeutungen voneinander ab. Zudem wird ein Überblick über die derzeitige Forschung im Bereich Mobilität in Deutschland gegeben und diese bewertet. Dabei fällt auf, dass aufgrund der Heterogenität der Gegenstände und Methoden sowie der Periodizität, entgegen der allgemeinen Meinung, keine umfassenden, vergleichbaren Statistiken zum Mobilitätsverhalten bestehen.
Archive | 2012
Elmar Fürst; Peter Oberhofer
Der Trend zu steigender Mobilitat ist nicht zu ubersehen. Jeder mochte sich schneller und komfortabler zu moglichst vielen Zielen unter geringsten finanziellen Aufwendungen und hoher Sicherheit bewegen bzw. bewegen konnen. Jedoch tragt der aus der Mobilitat resultierende Verkehr auch erheblich zur Umweltbelastung bei und verursacht externe/soziale Kosten [12][18]. Beim Versuch, den Verkehr von seinen negativen Folgen starker zu entkoppeln, sind nicht nur technische Innovationen von Bedeutung sondern die Verkehrstragerwahl. Ist die Verlagerung des Verkehrs auf umweltfreundliche Verkehrstrager ein angestrebtes politisches Ziel, kann – von regulativen Zwangen abgesehen – nur eine Verbesserung des Angebots bzw. des Preis-Leistungs-Verhaltnisses aus Kundensicht die dafur wesentlichen Einstellungen und damit in weiterer Folge die faktische Nachfrage nach diesen nachhaltig verbessern [13][16].
Business Strategy and The Environment | 2014
Peter Oberhofer; Maria Dieplinger
Archive | 2013
Peter Oberhofer; Maria Dieplinger
Business Strategy and The Environment | 2013
Peter Oberhofer; Elmar Fürst
Journal of Cleaner Production | 2012
Elmar Fürst; Peter Oberhofer
European Transport Conference 2011Association for European Transport (AET)Transportation Research Board | 2011
Elmar Fürst; Peter Oberhofer; Maria Dieplinger
Studies of Organisational Management & Sustainability | 2013
Elmar Fürst; Peter Oberhofer; Gernot Stöglehner