Editing Logistics (section)

=== Horizontal alliances between logistics service providers ===

Horizontal [[business alliance]]s often occur between logistics service providers, i.e., the cooperation between two or more logistics companies that are potentially competing.<ref name="rauewieland">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/IJLM-08-2012-0083|doi = 10.1108/IJLM-08-2012-0083|title = The interplay of different types of governance in horizontal cooperations|year = 2015|last1 = Raue|first1 = Jan Simon|last2 = Wieland|first2 = Andreas|journal = The International Journal of Logistics Management|volume = 26|issue = 2|pages = 401–423| s2cid=166497725 |hdl = 10398/4de0953a-3920-409a-b63a-60342c976528|hdl-access = free}}</ref> In a horizontal alliance, these partners can benefit twofold. On one hand, they can "access tangible resources which are directly exploitable". In this example extending common transportation networks, their warehouse infrastructure and the ability to provide more complex service packages can be achieved by combining resources. On the other hand, partners can "access intangible resources, which are not directly exploitable". This typically includes know-how and information and, in turn, innovation.<ref name="rauewieland" />