Overview
- The business of freight forwarding is examined thoroughly from both a theoretical and empirical point of view in English
- Current status and development of multimodal transport chains including a leg by sea or air and the role of freight forwarders therein are discussed
- A conceptual framework of a freight forwarder's intermediary perspective based on New Institutional Economics and Intermediation Theory of the Firm is developed
- Six distinct models of network structure are surveyed, namely Network Models in Operations Research and Management Science, Strategic Networks, Dynamic Networks, Entrepreneurial Networks, Industrial Networks and Social Networks
- A brief introduction to Social Network Analysis is given
Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)
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Book Title: Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains
Book Subtitle: A Social Network Approach
Authors: Hans-Joachim Schramm
Series Title: Contributions to Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2775-0
Publisher: Physica Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2774-3Published: 05 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2936-5Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-2775-0Published: 05 January 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-1941
Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 354
Topics: Operations Management, International Economics, Organization, Business and Management, general
Industry Sectors: Automotive, Biotechnology, Chemical Manufacturing, Consumer Packaged Goods, Engineering, Finance, Business & Banking, Materials & Steel, Pharma