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Maritime Economicsby Martin Stopford
Routledge 1997; US$ 79.95Now in its second edition, Maritime Economics provides a valuable introduction to the organisation and workings of the global shipping industry. It is an excellent and up to date treatment of shipping as an economic activity. more...
Marine Transportation Managementby Henry S. Marcus
Routledge 1986; US$ 180.00Deals with the important issues raised by changing vessel technology for port facilities, information systems, and marketing techniques in the industry. more...
Regulatory and Economic Challenges in the Postal and Delivery Sectorby Michael A. Crew; Paul R. Kleindorfer
Springer 2005; US$ 159.00Worldwide, there is considerable interest in postal and delivery economics. Governments, particularly in the European Union, are examining closely the roles of the two systems and how best to regulate them. This volume brings together 20 essays originally presented at the 12th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Cork, Ireland in June 2004. Contributors include researchers, practitioners, and senior managers from throughout the world. more...
Mail @ the Millenniumby Edward L. Hudgins
Cato Institute 2000; US$ 1.00In the past, calls for the privatization of the U.S. Postal Service usually focused on that government monopoly's inefficiencies and high costs. But now other issues make preserving the status quo even more onerous and the benefits of privatization even greater. more...
Container Transport Security Across Modesby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 26.00The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 revealed the need to re-examine the security of transport systems. In this context, maritime shipping containers have emerged as an area of particular concern for transport authorities. Until now, initiatives to enhance security in container transport have primarily focused on individual modes. more...
Seacurityby Maarten van de Voort; Kevin A. O'Brien; Adnan Rahman; Lorenzo Valeri
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95The purpose of this document is to raise awareness concerning the current status of maritime security and its vulnerability to terrorism. The main obstacles in achieving a less vulnerable maritime system are identified. Beginning with issues regarding threats to maritime and ? more specifically ? to container commerce, the report discusses the issues and possible solutions that these issues raise. more...
Progress Toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sectorby Michael A. Crew; Paul R. Kliendorfer
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 185.00The European Commission and its member states are wrestling with the problem of how to implement the scheduled liberalization of the postal sector while maintaining the service obligation. This book addresses some of these concerns. It is comprised of essays chosen from those presented at the 13th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics. more...
Strengthening Inland Waterway Transportby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 70.00This publication is a complete collection of the papers presented at the workshop on ''Pan-European Co-operation towards Strong Inland Waterway Transport: On the Move'' held in Paris on 22 and 23 September 2005. The purpose of the workshop was to establish what progress had been made since the Pan-European Conference on Inland Waterways in Rotterdam in 2001 in preparation for the Bucharest Ministerial Conference, scheduled for September 2006. The papers focus essentially on the development of the inland waterway market in a pan-European context, conditions of competition, infrastructure development and the environment. A summary of the discussions at the workshop and its conclusions are also given. The workshop was jointly organised by... more...
Postal Systems in the Pre-Modern Islamic Worldby Adam J. Silverstein
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 29.00A fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the pre-modern Near East. more...
Power of E-Communicationby Laurie Benson
HRD Press 2004; US$ 14.95Electronic communication is here to stay and using the right tools effectively is essential to your success. Yet few companies provide training in this changing area. This cutting-edge book is full of guidelines and things to consider to get what you want when communicating through e-mail, instant message, voice mail, conference calls, web conferences and videoconferences. Learn how to âÂÂecommunicateâ clearly and professionally when participating or leading a virtual team . . . working from a home officeâ¦or building and managing professional relationships across cities, states or countries. Topics include: Delivering bad news via e-mail,... more...









