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Finance and Risk Management for International Logistics and the Supply Chain - Softcover

 
9780128138304: Finance and Risk Management for International Logistics and the Supply Chain
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0128138300 ISBN 13: 9780128138304
Publisher: Elsevier, 2018

Synopsis

Finance and Risk Management for International Logistics and the Supply Chain presents a detailed overview of financial and risk management tools, activity-based costing, and multi-criteria decision-making, providing comprehensive guidance for those researching and working in logistics and supply chain management. The book breaks new ground, combining the expertise of leading authorities to analyze and navigate the funding components for these critical transportation functions. As the international logistics and supply chain transportation fields have recently received heavy investments, this research and the theory behind it provide a timely update on risk management, finance and legal and environmental impacts.

Users will find sections that address the wide-ranging issues related to this emerging field that are presented from an international and holistic perspective.

  • Provides a valuable reference covering the full slate of financial issues of interest to global players in the international transport, logistics and supply chain industries
  • Covers a truly international perspective, addressing a diverse variety of worldwide transport, logistics and supply chain contexts
  • Features finance and risk-management strategies related to the banking industry, exchange rates, fuel prices, climate-related funding, freight derivatives and legal aspects

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About the Authors

Stephen Gong is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland University (New Zealand) Graduate School of Management, in Business and Economics. His research interests include shipping logistics, broad areas of corporate finance, financial reporting, and transportation economics. Prior to joining academia he managed the shipping logistics department of a multinational company in Jamaica. He has also consulted with government agencies and international organizations in the areas of transport logistics, and international trade. He has been published in many journals, including Elsevier’s Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Transport Policy, and the Journal of Air Transport Management.

Kevin Cullinane is a Professor of International Logistics and Transport Economics at Gothenburg University (Sweden). He has been an adviser to the World Bank and governments of Scotland, Ireland, Hong Kong, Egypt, Chile and the U.K. He holds an Honorary Professorship at Hong Kong University and numerous Visiting Professorships, including at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute. He has been published in 10 books and more than 200 journal articles, and is an Associate Editor of Elsevier’s Transportation Research A: Policy and Practice, and Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment journals.

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Publisher
Elsevier
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0128138300
ISBN 13 
9780128138304
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
342
Editor
Gong Stephen, Cullinane Kevin