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The volume of international trade and freight transport in Asia has witnessed fast growth in recent decades. The resulting environmental impact of freight transport operations has become a major cause of concern.
Shinya Hanaoka, Madan B. Regmi
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Multimodal and Intermodal Transportation Systems
The aim of this paper is to provide information on the general characterization of multimodal transport, intermodal and combined transport. There is also mentioned the distribution of basic transport processes and types of transhipment.
Conrad Schmidt, Jaroslava Kubanova
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Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs
ABSTRACT We introduce the definition of two distinct trade elasticities corresponding to imports from regions located in the same country (national elasticities) and foreign regions located in other countries (foreign elasticities). We resort to a three‐tier nested CES utility structure to derive the corresponding demand gravity equations.
José L. Zofío +3 more
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Potential for Intermodal Transport of Chemical Goods in Slovakia
This article deals with intermodal transport of chemical goods in Slovak republic. Analysis is based on information from interviews with companies and logistics service providers. The first part of the article describes importance of Intermodal transport
Jagelčák Juraj +2 more
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The last mile, inbound logistics and intermodal high capacity transport - the case of Jula in Sweden
Some of the biggest challenges for intermodal transport competitiveness are the extra handling costs and pre- and post-haulage costs. This paper investigates the use of Intermodal High Capacity Transport (IHCT) for the intermodal transport chain in ...
Bergqvist, Rickard +2 more
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Learning Through Co‐opetition: How Knowledge Sharing Builds Supply Chain Resilience
ABSTRACT This study explores how knowledge sharing among competing firms (co‐opetition) influences risk management and enhances supply chain resilience. Grounded in organizational learning theory, the study examines how co‐opetition enhances firms' visibility into the emerging challenges of tomorrow's world, enabling proactive risk management that can ...
Jacob C. Jensen +4 more
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Systematic Time Tables - Modelling of Trains' Paths by Using Genetic Algorithms
One of construction possibilities of a time table is the implementation of systematic timetabling. In systematic timetabling, the trains' paths are ordered regularly (thus systematically).
Jaromir Siroky
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Shape of Water: Power Dynamics for Supply Chain Resilience
ABSTRACT The world is facing climate change‐driven disruptions such as extreme weather events, which affect nature as well as firms and their supply chains. Nonetheless, little is known about how supply chain players shape their socioecological resilience, including from a power perspective.
Aristides R. Oliveira Junior +3 more
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The economic demography of passenger intermodal transportation : opportunities and challenges. [PDF]
NCITEC Project No. 13-007The research on intermodal transportation is vast. However, most efforts have focused on freight transportation. There is much less research on intermodal passenger transportation\u2014largely due to lack of a comprehensive ...
Hagedorn, Annelise +2 more
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ABSTRACT In this paper, we analyse the determinants of maritime connections, with a special focus on the importance of foreign direct investments (FDI) in improving maritime transportation networks and in restructuring them. We are also interested in how China, in particular, impacts countries' integration to global supply chains through maritime ...
Natalia Vechiu, Manish Kumar Sharma
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