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Facilitating Trade Through Competitive, Low-Carbon Transport: The Case for Vietnam's Inland and Coastal Waterways
ISBN: 9781464801051 / Angielski / Miękka / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Vietnam faces the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. On the one hand, the impressive poverty reduction and growth performance attained over the past 25 years is now challenged by slower global and domestic growth, more intense international competition for foreign direct investment, and the need to drive domestic productivity improvements. On the other, Vietnam's vast natural resources--as represented by two major river deltas, a long coast line, and a multitude of rivers and canals--and the large portion...
Like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Vietnam faces the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. On the one...
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184,61 zł |
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Management in the Airline Industry
ISBN: 9780415759403 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Combining contemporary HRM theory and practice with debates in critical management and in industrial relations, this book examines the peculiar challenge that civil aviation pilots present for management. As a highly educated, highly trained, and non-substitutable professional employee, the airline pilot wields considerable industrial power. Based on original research, this book examines the impact of human resource management on airline pilots in recent years as well as drawing out wider conclusions on the management of human resources, union-management relationship and the experience of...
Combining contemporary HRM theory and practice with debates in critical management and in industrial relations, this book examines the peculiar challe...
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222,03 zł |
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The Economics and Political Economy of Transportation Security
ISBN: 9781849803731 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this clear and observant book, Kenneth Button provides an overview of the economics and political economy of transport security, considering its policy from an economic perspective. His analysis applies micro-economic theory to transport issues, supporting and enhancing the larger framework of our knowledge about personal, industrial, and national security.
In this clear and observant book, Kenneth Button provides an overview of the economics and political economy of transport security, considering its po...
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478,17 zł |
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Forecasting Urban Travel: Past, Present and Future
ISBN: 9781784713607 / Angielski / Miękka / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Forecasting Urban Travel presents in a non-mathematical way the evolution of methods, models and theories underpinning travel forecasts and policy analysis, from the early urban transportation studies of the 1950s to current applications throughout the urbanized world. From original documents, correspondence and interviews, especially from the United States and the United Kingdom, the authors seek to capture the spirit and problems faced in different eras, as changing information requirements, computing technology and planning objectives conditioned the nature of forecasts.
Forecasting Urban Travel presents in a non-mathematical way the evolution of methods, models and theories underpinning travel forecasts and policy ana...
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268,04 zł |
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Airport Competitiveness: Models and Assessment Methods
ISBN: 9788323340690 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, there has been intensive development of the Polish civil aviation sector, especially regional airports. Effective growth requires a diagnosis of their competitiveness in today's turbulent passenger transport market. The book compares regional airports in Poland with competitive European ports. It uses econometric analysis to model regional airport competitiveness, which is applicable to practical management of modern airports. The book also analyzes possible directions of the growth of Polish airports, taking into account the current economic and political situation as well...
In recent years, there has been intensive development of the Polish civil aviation sector, especially regional airports. Effective growth requires a d...
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201,89 zł |
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Freight Transportation in the Soviet Union
ISBN: 9780691625447 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comparison of major shifts in volume of freight traffic in the Soviet Union and in the United States. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the... A comparison of major shifts in volume of freight traffic in the Soviet Union and in the United States. Originally published in 1962. T... |
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220,57 zł |
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The Next Crash: How Short-Term Profit Seeking Trumps Airline Safety
ISBN: 9780801452857 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you are one of over 700 million passengers who will fly in America this year, you need to read this book. The Next Crash offers a shocking perspective on the aviation industry by a former United Airlines pilot. Weaving insider knowledge with hundreds of employee interviews, Amy L. Fraher uncovers the story airline executives and government regulators would rather not tell. While the FAA claims that this is the "Golden Age of Safety," and other aviation researchers assure us the chance of dying in an airline accident is infinitesimal, The Next Crash reports that 70... If you are one of over 700 million passengers who will fly in America this year, you need to read this book. The Next Crash offers a shock... |
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121,09 zł |
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Reeds 21st Century Ship Management
ISBN: 9781472900685 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ship management has constantly had to evolve to take into account the advancements in technology as well as the demands of the shipping industry. Having internet access and email on board ship has meant that the ship manager has to possess certain sets of skills to function effectively in the post, including computer literacy. The emergence of large multi-national ship management companies has also changed how business is conducted and this is turn means that the ship manager and tiers of management within the organization have had to evolve to cope with the demands of working with a... Ship management has constantly had to evolve to take into account the advancements in technology as well as the demands of the shipping industry. H... |
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159,39 zł |
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Freight Information Real-Time System for Transport (FIRST): Evaluation Final Report
ISBN: 9781494210977 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the Freight Information Real-time System for Transport (FIRST) intermodal freight ITS prototype system. FIRST is an Internet-based, real-time network that integrates numerous sources of freight location and status into a single, easily navigated Web portal to allow port users to access cargo and Port information to facilitate planning and logistics. This system was designed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in cooperation with members of the private sector intermodal industry, to meet the operational needs of...
This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the Freight Information Real-time System for Transport (FIRST) intermodal freight IT...
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80,33 zł |
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Liberalization in Aviation: Competition, Cooperation and Public Policy
ISBN: 9781409450900 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The last few decades have witnessed substantial liberalization trends in various industries and countries. Starting with the deregulation of the US airline industry in 1978, regulatory restructuring took place in further network industries such as telecommunications, electricity or railways in various countries around the world. Although most of the liberalization movements were initially triggered by the worrying performances of the respective regulatory frameworks, increases in competition and corresponding improvements in allocative and productive efficiency were typically associated with...
The last few decades have witnessed substantial liberalization trends in various industries and countries. Starting with the deregulation of the US ai...
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681,40 zł |
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Regulating Transport in Europe
ISBN: 9781781004821 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book concerns the regulation of transport within a European context, covering air, inland waterways, rail, road passenger and freight, urban public transport, and short sea shipping. All these sectors have experienced substantial changes over the last two decades, in terms of ownership, competition and liberalisation, and the book explores the main transformations and their impacts. The authors address these issues, with a specific focus on the effects of the organisation and regulation of transport systems on their performance. They also provide timely policy recommendations, including...
This book concerns the regulation of transport within a European context, covering air, inland waterways, rail, road passenger and freight, urban publ...
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568,49 zł |
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2013 Newsletters
ISBN: 9781494850128 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AirInsight's 2013 Newsletter Compendium
AirInsight's 2013 Newsletter Compendium
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133,96 zł |
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Air Traffic Control: Human Performance Factors
ISBN: 9780291398543 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the Foreword by Captain Daniel Maurino, ICAO: 'a Air Traffic Controla will remain a technology-intensive system. People (controllers) must harmoniously interact with technology to contribute to achieve the aviation systema s goals of safe and efficient transportation of passengers and cargoa This booka considers human error and human factors from a contemporary and operational perspective and discusses the parts as well as the wholea I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.' The motivation for writing this book comes from the authora s long standing belief that the needs of Air...
From the Foreword by Captain Daniel Maurino, ICAO: 'a Air Traffic Controla will remain a technology-intensive system. People (controllers) must harmon...
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782,34 zł |
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Shipping in China
ISBN: 9780754618003 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese shipping industry is a particularly prominent industry and has rapidly expanded over the last decade. Amazingly, literature on the subject is scarce and this is the first book to focus on it specifically. Bringing together a team of well-known shipping, logistics, economics and political science scholars from the Far East, Europe and the Americas, the volume provides an up-to-date overview of the Chinese shipping industry and its place in international shipping. The contributors analyze and discuss all the relevant major business issues, including marketing, finance, the politics...
The Chinese shipping industry is a particularly prominent industry and has rapidly expanded over the last decade. Amazingly, literature on the subject...
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681,40 zł |
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Staffing the ATM System: The Selection of Air Traffic Controllers
ISBN: 9780754611974 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Issues of personnel development in air traffic control (ATC) have become a major topic in aviation recruitment and training. Proper selection and training methods are needed in order to reach a high level of efficiency and reliability in ATC. Pilots were considered the most prominent group in aviation for a long time, but with the development of flight guidance technologies came a second operational occupation in aviation: the air traffic controller (ATCO). This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of controller selection from an impressive collection of international specialists in...
Issues of personnel development in air traffic control (ATC) have become a major topic in aviation recruitment and training. Proper selection and trai...
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782,34 zł |
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Defining Aerospace Policy: Essays in Honor of Francis T. Hoban
ISBN: 9780754642251 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featuring contributions from many of the most prominent contemporary figures in the US aerospace community, this book provides unprecedented insights into the ways in which aerospace policy is developed and implemented. Based on a wide range of real-life case studies and the personal experiences of those directly involved, its coverage includes some of the most influential and wide-ranging policies of modern times, including: the privatization of the Canadian air navigation system; government-industry cooperation; Leasecraft; NASA and the evolution of the hush kit; US activities to reduce...
Featuring contributions from many of the most prominent contemporary figures in the US aerospace community, this book provides unprecedented insights ...
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681,40 zł |
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Financing Transit-Oriented Development with Land Values
ISBN: 9781464801495 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cities in developing countries are experiencing unprecedented urban growth. Unfortunately, this is often accompanied by the negative impacts of sprawl as a result of rapid motorization such as congestion, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, inefficient use of energy and time, and unequal accessibility. As these cities are often under severe fiscal constraints, they face great challenges in financing capital-intensive mass transit systems to reverse the course of these negative trends. Development-based land value capture (DBLVC) financing schemes being practiced in Asian megacities like...
Cities in developing countries are experiencing unprecedented urban growth. Unfortunately, this is often accompanied by the negative impacts of sprawl...
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146,11 zł |
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Cruising to Profits, Volume 1: Transformational Strategies for Sustained Airline Profitability
ISBN: 9780993688904 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Cruising to Profits, Volume 1 - 2nd Edition, a very thought-provoking book, strategic airline business transformation and profitability expert Ricardo Vincent Pilon shares transformational strategies and tools he concludes would contribute to a fundamental shift in turning commercial aviation into a profitable business. Some radical, but necessarily drastic, views and methodologies are offered. The content is primarily based on his practical experience, his airline management and business consulting work, and also combines results from his work with academic involvement in airline...
In Cruising to Profits, Volume 1 - 2nd Edition, a very thought-provoking book, strategic airline business transformation and profitability expert Rica...
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123,32 zł |
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Building High-Performance, High-Trust Organizations: Decentralization 2.0
ISBN: 9781137414700 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some vanguard companies have evolved to a higher level of decentralization originating in the enabling-and-autonomy paradigm. A new kind of deep leadership is practiced by these spirit-driven organizations. This book brings together theory and case studies to cover historical origins and developments of both types of decentralization.
Some vanguard companies have evolved to a higher level of decentralization originating in the enabling-and-autonomy paradigm. A new kind of deep leade...
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450,85 zł |
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Maritime Logistics Value in Knowledge Management
ISBN: 9781138775442 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Knowledge management has been widely applied to various industries as a good strategy to help improve firms' performance. As globalization accelerates and international trade increases more and more, maritime transport operations have become one of the vitalest industries to receive large attention from international managers. This is because the managers have perceived that the maritime transport system is an integrated entity within the global logistics and supply chain, and it should be therefore managed in the most efficient and effective ways possible, as an organic body within a global...
Knowledge management has been widely applied to various industries as a good strategy to help improve firms' performance. As globalization accelerates...
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757,10 zł |