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Ports, cities and global supply chains redaktör: Wang, James

By: Publication details: Aldershot Ashgate, 2007; Transport and mobility series, Description: 278 sISBN:
  • 9780754670544
Subject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI 2008.0281Location: Abstract: Global trends in policy and technology related fields are rapidly reshaping the port industry worldwide. Maintaining a concrete approach, this volume provides multidisciplinary insights into the role port cities adopt in dealing with global supply chains. Throughout the book, concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are applied to offer an in-depth understanding of the processes underlying global supply chains and associated spatial and functional dynamics in port-cities. The book also discusses policy outcomes and implications relevant to port-cities positioned in different segments of global supply chains.
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs
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Global trends in policy and technology related fields are rapidly reshaping the port industry worldwide. Maintaining a concrete approach, this volume provides multidisciplinary insights into the role port cities adopt in dealing with global supply chains. Throughout the book, concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are applied to offer an in-depth understanding of the processes underlying global supply chains and associated spatial and functional dynamics in port-cities. The book also discusses policy outcomes and implications relevant to port-cities positioned in different segments of global supply chains.