Knowledge-based stakeholder collaboration for sustainable development of freight villages

In order to reduce the negative impacts on the natural environment and the society, the sustainable development strategy is adopted by freight villages (FVs) to enhance the logistics industry´s sustainability. Currently, multi-stakeholder collaboration is the key for the future success of sustainable development. Therefore, FVs can approach sustainable development with collaborations amongst their stakeholders. Additionally, the knowledge-based view regards knowledge as a central asset as well as a strategic resource for competitive advantage, and which becomes the basis for stakeholder collaboration. Knowledge-based view is applied in this paper to lead stakeholder collaboration into FVs striving for sustainable development. First, this paper identifies relevant stakeholders to the context of sustainability-oriented FVs. Second, it describes a knowledge classification of FVs activities for sustainable development. Finally, the knowledge-based stakeholder collaboration process is proposed as a guideline for FVs to achieve their sustainable development mission.