Author: International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Role of the Freight Forwarder in Developing Countries
Author: International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Role of the Freight Forwarder in Developing Countries
Author: Centro de Comercio Internacional UNCTAD/GATT.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Role of Freight Forwarders in Developing Countries
Author: ROLE OF THE FREIGHT FORWARDER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
Author: GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains
Author: Hans-Joachim SchrammPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790827754
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In this book, the business of international freight forwarding is examined from both a theoretical and empirical point of view with a special emphasis on multimodal transport chains, including sea or air transport operations. In such contexts, the freight forwarder is always considered "The Architect of Transport", but this intermediary role seems to be largely neglected in research to date. Therefore, relevant concepts from economic theory and economic sociology are employed to produce both an intermediary and a network perspective of freight forwarding in order to provide a better understanding of this kind of transportation business. Furthermore, its intermediary role in such inherent network structures is explored by mapping relationship patterns in a stylized model framework applied to a questionnaire-based sample collected among freight forwarders engaged in such multimodal transport chains in Germany (especially from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven) as well as in Austria in 2003.
The Freight Forwarder in Developing Countries
Author: International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATT.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Connecting Landlocked Developing Countries to Markets
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821384171
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Based on new analytical research and case studies, the authors provide insights on what works and does not work, and they offer policy recommendations to address these issues.
Logistics Clusters
Author: Yossi SheffiPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262305097
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with competitive advantage. Why is Memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers? Why does the tiny island-nation of Singapore handle a fifth of the world's maritime containers and half the world's annual supply of crude oil? Which jobs can replace lost manufacturing jobs in advanced economies? Some of the answers to these questions are rooted in the phenomenon of logistics clusters—geographically concentrated sets of logistics-related business activities. In this book, supply chain management expert Yossi Sheffi explains why Memphis, Singapore, Chicago, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and scores of other locations have been successful in developing such clusters while others have not. Sheffi outlines the characteristic “positive feedback loop” of logistics clusters development and what differentiates them from other industrial clusters; how logistics clusters “add value” by generating other industrial activities; why firms should locate their distribution and value-added activities in logistics clusters; and the proper role of government support, in the form of investment, regulation, and trade policy. Sheffi also argues for the most important advantage offered by logistics clusters in today's recession-plagued economy: jobs, many of them open to low-skilled workers, that are concentrated locally and not “offshorable.” These logistics clusters offer what is rare in today's economy: authentic success stories. For this reason, numerous regional and central governments as well as scores of real estate developers are investing in the development of such clusters. View a trailer for the book at: http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/22284-logistics-clusters-yossi-sheffi
The Cost of Being Landlocked
Author: Jean-François ArvisPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business logistics
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A large proportion of the least developed countries are landlocked and their access to world markets depends on the availability of a trade corridor and transit systems. Based on empirical evidence from World Bank projects and assessments in Africa, Central Asia, and elsewhere, this paper proposes a microeconomic quantitative description of logistics costs. The paper theoretically and empirically highlights that landlocked economies are primarily affected not only by a high cost of freight services but also by the high degree of unpredictability in transportation time. The main sources of costs are not only physical constraints but widespread rent activities and severe flaws in the implementation of the transit systems, which prevent the emergence of reliable logistics services. The business and donor community should push toward implementation of comprehensive facilitation strategies, primarily at the national level, and the design of robust and resilient transport and transit regimes. A better understanding of the political economy of transit and a review of the implementation successes and failures in this area are needed.
Organization and Promotion of Freight Forwarding in Developing Countries
Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. SecretariatPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description