Diss. Göteborg : BAS Publishing, 2007

Traditionally, collaboration in logistics is created vertically between actors in a supply chain. Occasionally, the scope of collaboration has expanded to include public-private actors, i.e. horizontal collaboration. This thesis illustrates results from studies of regional logistics collaboration consisting of public-private participation, a phenomenon that is unfamiliar to the general practitioner of logistics. It illustrates capabilities developed by public and private actors in regional logistics networks and aspects of strategic processes. The results indicate that logistics capabilities generated by regional logistics collaboration can contribute to the competitiveness of firms and the attractiveness of regions. Empirical examples show that strategic capabilities can be developed in many ways, and in many layers of the logistics system. However, collaborating in a horizontal structure places great challenges before both public and private actors due to diversification of roles. Through means of action research, this thesis tries to identify some important aspects of regional logistics collaboration.