Description: Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). A Social Network Approach Author(s): Hans-Joachim Schramm Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Imprint: Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co ISBN-13: 9783790829365, 978-3790829365 Synopsis 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 Architect of Transport", but this intermediary role seems to be largely neglected in research to date. Therefore, relevant concepts from economic theory and economic sociology are employed to produce both an intermediary and a network perspective of freight forwarding in order to provide a better understanding of this kind of transportation business. Furthermore, its intermediary role in such inherent network structures is explored by mapping relationship patterns in a stylized model framework applied to a questionnaire-based sample collected among freight forwarders engaged in such multimodal transport chains in Germany (especially from Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven) as well as in Austria in 2003.
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Book Title: Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport ...
Number of Pages: 354 Pages
Publication Name: Freight Forwarder's Intermediary Role in Multimodal Transport Chains: a Social Network Approach
Language: English
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin AND Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. KG
Item Height: 235 mm
Subject: Economics, Management, Business
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 581 g
Subject Area: Organizational Sociology
Author: Hans-Joachim Schramm
Item Width: 155 mm
Series: Contributions to Management Science
Format: Paperback
