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Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World

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This concluding chapter briefly reviews the arguments previously presented, and draws policy implications with specific regard to the effects of inward transport and logistics FDIs on the host country. Moreover, further research is advocated with the twofold purpose of fostering more research in regional science on the issues concerning transport and logistics in a globalizing world, and of enhancing an interdisciplinary debate on these issues.

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    The first ten global players which invested in Italy in 2008 were: Arriva International, Apollo Global Management, Eurokai, TNT, 3I Group, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Post, Interprogramme Holding, A.P. Moller–Maersk, Kuwait Petroleum (for a review, see Maggi and Mariotti 2009).

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Mariotti, I. (2015). Conclusions. In: Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00011-4_6

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