Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains A Social Network Approach
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 Arc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Physica
2012, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2012 |
| Series: | Contributions to Management Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Legal and Functional Perspective of Freight Forwarding in Multimodal Transport Chains
- New Industrial Economics, Intermediation Theory, and the Intermediary Perspective
- Models of network Structure and the Network Perspective
- A Closer Look on Contemporary Social Network Analysis
- Freight Forwarder's Personal Network in Multimodal Transport Chains: An Empirical Investigation