Shipping strategy : innovating for success /
The shipping industry has an impact on each and every one of us every day. Ships transport the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the materials used to build our homes, and the fuel that heats them. Yet traditional shipping companies - ones that combine various aspects of shipping...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2009
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| Summary: | The shipping industry has an impact on each and every one of us every day. Ships transport the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the materials used to build our homes, and the fuel that heats them. Yet traditional shipping companies - ones that combine various aspects of shipping under one organizational roof - are on the decline. They are gradually being replaced by new, more specialized companies with more strategic clarity and managerial focus. In Shipping Strategy, Peter Lorange draws on his extensive experience in the shipping industry to show how companies can adapt to the fast-moving and volatile world of maritime business by devising strategies for future success, including specialization and innovation |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 273 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-265) and index |
| ISBN: | 0511724381 (e-book) 0511724381 0511725795 051172909X 9780511724381 (e-book) 9780511724381 9780511725791 9780511729096 |