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International handbook of maritime business / edited by Kevin Cullinane (director, Transport Research Institute (TRI) and professor of international logistics, Edinburgh Napier University, UK)

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Elgar original reference | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass, USA : Edward Elgar, 2010Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 393 pages) : diagrams, mapsISBN:
  • 9781849806619
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9781847209344. | Erscheint auch als: International handbook of maritime business. Druck-Ausgabe. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2010. XVI, 393 S.DDC classification:
  • 387.5 22
RVK: RVK: QR 830LOC classification:
  • HE571
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781849806619Online resources: Production credits:
  • The International Handbook of Maritime Business is a timely, comprehensive and insightful overview of the key contemporary research issues in maritime business. Dynamic changes in recent years have meant that maritime transport is increasingly recognized as a key integrated component of international logistics and a facilitator of global supply chains. With contributions from the world’s leading scholars in the field, the Handbook reflects this new perspective and offers a unique and indispensable source of reference and information.
Summary: 1. Editor's introduction : the maritime industry means business / Kevin Cullinane -- 2. Business models, supply chain efficiency and port efficiency : new strategic imperatives / Ross Robinson -- 3. Process modelling : a method to increase the performance of container terminals / Thomas Pawlik and Phanthian Zuesongdham -- 4. Knowledge management systems in maritime logistics / Eon-Seong Lee and Dong-Wook Song -- 5. Synchronisation of seaborne cold chains / Jasmine Siu Lee Lam -- 6. The multimodal transport of flowers between Taiwan and China / Anthony Beresford and Chang Zheng -- 7. The logistics functions of shipping lines : perceptions of international shippers in South Korea and the UK / Ki-Soon Hwang, Richard Gray and Kevin Cullinane -- 8. Bundling transport and logistics services in global supply chains / Hercules E. Haralambides and Michele Acciaro -- 9. Maritime networks : a source of competitiveness for shipping lines / Antoine Frémont -- 10. Organisational effectiveness in seaports : a systems approach. / Cimen Karatas Cetin and Güldem Cerit -- 11. Unravelling dynamics in inter-container port relationships through an examination of liner service patterns / Wei Yim Yap and Theo E. Notteboom -- 12. The economics behind the awarding of terminals in seaports : towards a research agenda / Christophe Theys -- 13. Mergers and acquisitions in the shipping industry : the effect on corporate value / Osvaldo Rodrigues de Araujo Rios and Heather Leggate McLaughlin -- 14. Private equity investment in the European ferry market / Alfred J. Baird -- 15. Ownership equity and efficiency : the case of Australian bulk ports / Sophia Everett and Rae Weston -- 16. The hedging performance of the capesize forward freight market / Manolis G. Kavussanos and Ilias D. Visvikis -- 17. The potential for the use of single- versus dual-purpose officers in firms : a theoretical analysis based on resource-based, transaction cost and labour market economics / Ioannis Theotokas and Maria Anne Wagtmann.Summary: This timely and comprehensive new Handbook brings together an unrivalled group of distinguished scholars and practitioners to provide in-depth analysis and a contemporary perspective on a wide-ranging array of topics in maritime economicsPPN: PPN: 1023442426Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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