Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Industries - Transportation

The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul...

This book is the collection of my own studies in logistics, targeted to a broad readership. The book consists of 4 parts and 5 chapters. The first part deals with the logistics services in developed and developing countries, while the second part covers global competitiveness and logistics performance. The third part is about the relationship between the logistics performance and education and, finally, the fourth part examines the relationship between the choices of transport mode and fuel type. All the chapters in this book are independent of each other, with each one reflecting my own...

This book is the collection of my own studies in logistics, targeted to a broad readership. The book consists of 4 parts and 5 chapters. The first part deals with the logistics services in developed and developing countries, while the second part covers global competitiveness and logistics performance. The third part is about the relationship between the logistics performance and education and, finally, the fourth part examines the relationship between the choices of transport mode and fuel type. All the chapters in this book are independent of each other, with each one reflecting my own...

This book comes out from the materials I used to refer while doing my research on the optimization issues in logistics. I brought together some of these materials to form a guidance material on the fundamentals of the optimization concepts along with my own studies on the application of optimization methods.

This book consists of two parts and six chapters. The first part of the book, which consists of three chapters, is about introduction to optimization with typical base problems and algorithms for solving problems. The second part of this book consists of three my own researches...

Die Kreuzfahrtbranche boomt: Die Hafen verzeichnen seit Jahren eine stetige Zunahme an Anlaufen und Passagieren. Kreuzfahrten sind nicht mehr nur Nebengeschaft, sondern haben mittlerweile fur zahlreiche Hafen eine hohe wirtschaftliche Bedeutung erlangt. Es wird massiv fur mehr Anlaufe geworben, und hohe Investitionen, beispielsweise in den Bau neuer Terminals, werden getatigt. Insbesondere in Regionen wie der Ostsee, wo auf engem Raum zahlreiche attraktive Destinationen liegen, ist ein regelrechter Wettbewerb um die Gunst der Reedereien entstanden.

Am Beispiel der vier...

This volume investigates the nature of threats facing, or perceived as facing, some of the key players involved in Asian maritime politics. The articles in this collection present case studies on Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia as a whole and focus on domestic definitions of threats and conceptualisations of security. These studies map the differing understandings of danger in this region and explore how contending narratives of -threats- and -security- affect the national maritime security policy deliberations within the countries of this...

As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was...