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Unpacking the Drivers of Competitive Advantage: Enhancing Value Creation and Firm Profitability through Transportation and Strategic Innovation

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics
Volume 16 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
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Open Access
|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2025-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2336-3037
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Language: English
Page range: 92 - 103
Submitted on: Jun 6, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 19, 2025
Published on: Jul 8, 2025
Published by: Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 times per year
Keywords:
Competitive advantage,
value creation,
transportation strategy,
logistics innovation,
profitability
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Business management,
Industries,
Transportation, logistics, air traffic, shipping

© 2025 Horymír Kalmus, Marek Vochozka, Josef Gulyás, published by Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
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