Title: Ports, cities, and global supply chains /
Authors: Wang, James Jixian.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Harbors Economic aspects Congresses.; Business logistics Congresses.; Shipping Economic aspects Congresses.; Infrastructure (Economics) Congresses.; Globalization Economic aspects Congresses
Contents: 1 Introduction / James Wang, Daniel Olivier, Theo Notteboom and Brian Slack -- Part 1: Conceptualization of port-cities and global supply chains -- 2 Supply chain and supply chain management: appropriate concepts for maritime studies / Valentina Carbone and Elisabeth Gouvernal -- 3 Global supply chain integration and competitiveness of port terminals / Photis M. Panayides -- 4 The terminalisation of ports / Brian Slack -- 5 Re-assessing port-hinterland relationships in the context of global supply chains / Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue -- Part 2: Shipping networks and port development -- 6 The development of global container transhipment terminals / Alfred J. Baird -- 7 Mediterranean ports in the global network: how to make the hub and spoke paradigm sustainable? / Enrico Musso and Francesco Parola -- 8 Northern European range: shipping line concentration and port hierarchy / Antoine Frémont and Martin Soppé -- 9 Factors influencing the landward movement of containers: the cases of Halifax and Vancouver / Robert J. McCalla -- Part 3: Inserting port-cities into global supply chains -- 10 Globalization and the port-urban interface: conflicts and opportunities / Yehuda Hayuth -- 11 A metageography of port-city relationships / César Ducruet -- 12 Chinese port-cities in the global supply chains / James Wang and Daniel Olivier -- 13 The economic performance of seaport regions / Peter W. De Langen -- Part 4: Corporate perspectives on the insertion of ports in global supply chains -- 14 The success of Asian container port operators: the role of information technology / Daniel Olivier and Francesco Parola -- 15 Which link, in which chain? Inserting Durban into global automobile supply chains / Peter V. Hall and Glen Robbins -- 16 Sustainable development and corporate strategies of the maritime industry / Claude Comtois and Brian Slack.