Morelia Tanker Water Market and Business Customers

The purpose of the study backed up through this dataset is to conduct a market analysis on the role of businesses in the performance of the private tanker water market of Morelia, Mexico. Specifically, this study examines the different supply chains that deliver tanker water to business premises to understand the role of businesses in the formation of informal water markets and the nature of competition between formal and informal supply chains that serve them. In all, it contributes to discussions on the operations and competition within informal markets (i.e., market structure, vendor organization, price setting, customer characteristics and profitability of private water tankers, which will help inform policies governing informal water markets in the supply and demand value chains. This study espoused a mixed method approach using both qualitative and quantitative techniques to collate data from a cross-section of PWT stakeholders (water source managers, tanker drivers and operators, business customers and regulators alike) in Morelia, Mexico. Combining both approaches provided an avenue to achieve a more robust and comprehensive meaning to the research findings. This is because the use of the two designs acts as a check and balance against bias and generalization of results. This also afforded the study to use and collect data through several collection methods to ensure enough depth and breadth of the information on supply chains and business customers in the private tanker water market. The study was conducted in the city of Morelia in Mexico. The city with 784,776 inhabitants was carefully chosen as a field site because of the intense market activity of water tankers and its manageable size. In Morelia, on average, about 200 tankers deliver water daily to households and businesses alike within an area of 78 km2.. Given the complexity of PWT markets, a multistage sampling approach was adopted for this study. The first process was made up of identifying and selecting the most relevant water sources from which water tankers source their water. The relative importance of each source, in terms of water sold to the market, was used as the basis in selecting the respective number of interviews at each water source. Study participants were recruited using the purposive and the snowballing techniques. Using this technique, all in all, 27 truck drivers were interviewed from all water sources using questionnaires designed to include core issues regarding total sales to businesses and frequency of supply and financial indicators. Drivers were interviewed during rides to deliver tanker water to business customers. Seven water source managers were also interviewed using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were mainly conducted at the water source but in an area devoid of any third-party interference such as respective offices. Also, using both qualitative in-depth guides and questionnaires, thirty business customers were interviewed.

本数据集所支撑的研究，旨在针对墨西哥莫雷利亚市的私营罐车供水（Private Tanker Water, PTW）市场中企业的角色开展市场分析。具体而言，本研究聚焦于向企业场所配送罐装水的各类供应链，以期厘清企业在非正规供水市场形成过程中的角色，以及服务于企业客户的正规与非正规供应链之间的竞争本质。总体而言，本研究可为非正规市场的运营与竞争相关讨论提供支撑——涵盖市场结构、供应商组织、定价机制、客户特征及私营罐车供水商的盈利能力等维度，相关成果将为供需价值链中非正规供水市场的治理政策制定提供参考依据。本研究采用混合研究方法，结合定性与定量技术，从墨西哥莫雷利亚市的PTW利益相关群体中采集数据，该群体涵盖供水源管理者、罐车司机与运营商、企业客户及监管者。两种方法的结合为研究结果提供了更稳健且全面的解读维度，因为双研究设计可相互制衡，避免研究偏差与结果泛化。同时，本研究通过多种数据采集手段获取数据，确保了PTW市场中供应链与企业客户相关信息的深度与广度。本研究的开展地为墨西哥莫雷利亚市，该市常住人口784776，因其罐车供水市场活跃度高且地域规模适中，被审慎选为研究现场。在莫雷利亚市78平方公里的范围内，日均约有200辆罐车向家庭与企业客户配送供水。鉴于PTW市场的复杂性，本研究采用多阶段抽样方案。第一阶段为识别并筛选罐车取水的核心供水源，以各水源向市场供应的水量占比为依据，确定各水源的访谈样本量。研究对象通过目的抽样与滚雪球抽样法招募。最终，本研究通过设计包含企业总配送量、配送频率及财务指标等核心问题的问卷，对所有供水源的27名罐车司机开展访谈，访谈在司机配送水至企业客户的途中进行。此外，本研究采用半结构化访谈法，对7名供水源管理者开展访谈，访谈主要在供水源内无第三方干扰的区域（如各自办公室）进行。同时，结合定性深度访谈提纲与问卷，本研究对30家企业客户开展了访谈。