Corporate governance has emerged from obscurity into being a mainstream topic which there is a need to know, as well as being incorporated into industrial and commercial training courses. There has been a plethora of reports starting in the USA and spreading to the UK, whose influence, example and model have spread throughout the world. Some main forces explaining the provenance of corporate go…
As the economy becomes increasingly specialised and globalised, the importance of logistics also increases. For global transportation systems, seaports play a key role as transhipment hubs. As seaports incorporate and coordinate hinterland logistic activities within the activities of the port, the strategies they employ influence the decisions made by both local and global logistic service prov…
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In these tough economic times, everyone is expected to produce more with less. And yet, studies have shown that on average, employees are working at only a fraction of their potential. What are managers to do? How can they inspire their people to perform at their absolute best? Whatever the situation, a good manager can quickly organize a group of average performers into a high-functioning team…
Indonesia Port Corporation II (IPC II) is one of the State Own Enterprises which is running business on the port services in Indonesia. There are four state-owned Enterprises which run port services in Indonesia. Even they are doing business in the same field, port services; there is no competition among them. Every state own enterprises has their o…
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Risiko bisa terjadi pada setiap tahapan produksi. Berdasarkan rantai nilai (value chain), proses operasi inti perusahaan mulai dari logistik outbound, proses internal perusahaan, pemasaran, sampai pelayanan purna jual. Risiko bisa terjadi pada setiap tahapan tersebut. Demikian juga dengan proses dukungan perusahaan (supporting activities), termasuk pengelolaan sumber daya manusia (SDM, organi…
The purpose of the paper is to explore the challenges of integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) with other strategic foci into the supply/contractor chain, both conceptually and empirically, with a focus on one sectorial case: the Norwegian upstream petroleum industry. It compares contradictory theories of strategic focus and explores their implications for the organisation of the su…
This paper aims to, using the example of the highly globalised shipping industry, shed light upon the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the extent to which it might be relied upon to fill international regulatory gaps.
The terminal and stevedoring industry has expanded substantially in recent years with the emergence of global container terminal operators controlling large multinational portfolios of terminal assets. This paper deals with the emerging corporate geography in the container terminal industry with issues related to the similarities or differences among terminal locations, the processes leading to…
This paper aims to evaluate the main business models used for airlines’ maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities and determine the activities to which these relate
This chapter discusses the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the context of the container liner shipping industry. It looks at the current practice of CSR in this industry and outlines the framework, the reasons and the drivers for companies to adopt and implement a CSR strategy. These include, among others, the increasing commitment to fostering CSR in the private sector …
Melalui fase Fit in Infrastructure, Perseroan menyusun Corporate GCG Roadmap untuk lima tahun ke depan dan mengimplementasikannya secara menyeluruh demi terciptanya Good Corporate Citizenship yang komprehensif. Suksesnya implementasi fase ini terbukti berhasil mendorong keberhasilan perseroan untuk melalui masa-masa sulit. Ke depannya, Perseroan terus memperkuat komitmen terhadap implementasi k…
The purpose of this paper is to explore the possible use of arbitration in disputes involving claims against directors. It takes as its starting point a recent decision of the English Court of Appeal, Fulham Football Club [1987] Ltd v. Richards, in which the Court confirmed the enforceability of an arbitration agreement in proceedings where one of the defendants was the company chairman, and as…
The purpose of this paper is to consolidate the state of the empirical research to date on the relationship between leadership and corporate responsibility.
Purpose – This paper seeks to explore patterns of integrating corporate responsibility issues into corporate governance mechanisms and their development over time. Design/methodology/approach – Data from the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index is explored to reveal dominant governance patterns of corporate responsibility issues for the 51 organizations continuously part…
In the study I examine the relationship between corporate governance and consolidation strategies for shipping firms. The analysis is focused on the ownership structure and corporate governance power which are supposed to influence the consolidation strategies. I investigate M&As and global alliances occurred during 2006-2007 fiscal years in maritime industry. In the empirical study, I find tha…
Corporate governance is an area of interest to researchers, stakeholders and the general public. In recent times, there has been an increased concern about the effectiveness of the board within corporate organizations due to corporate scandals and accounting irregularities of some well known firms, which highlighted the inefficiency of monitoring corporate boards and the overseeing of manage…
The author of this book is the Frederick W. Beazley Professor of Economics and Executive Director of the Maritime Institute at Old Dominion University, USA. He is also the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics. Recently economic mechanism of port is one of themost interesting research themes in maritime economics. According to the author’s definition, port economic…
Purpose – To minimise business risk of incurring increased marketability and acquisition costs due to volatile demand exacerbated by the bullwhip phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the vision of the seamless supply chain and the active support of the decision support system exploiting the automatic pipeline inventory and order based production control system (APIOBPCS) a…
The purpose of this paper is to develop a benchmark tool that can be applied to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR) in purchasing. The tool has been tested on two companies that illustrate how the benchmarking tool can be applied.
The purpose of this paper is to present a content analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports published by logistics service providers (LSPs), and to analyse factors influencing the level and scope of reporting. In order to address this objective, the authors show to what extent various social and environmental categories are covered in the CSR reports. The authors also investigat…
This paper aims to describe how research literature and logistics practitioners respectively describe the link between logistics and corporate social responsibility, focusing on the link between strategic logistics change (location, capacity and number of facilities as well as the design of supplier and customer network) and labor rights.
In logistics strategy, it is now being recognized that revenue generation is as important as cost reduction. Although it has long been known that logistics customer service has a positive effect on customer satisfaction, little research has been conducted to determine precisely the degree to which logistics customer service affects sales and generates the revenues for the firm. The purpose of t…
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This paper examines the diversification of services and activities by freight forwarders in the UK. Following similar studies conducted in the USA, the paper analyses the trends towards service and revenue diversification that has been observed in this sector.
The paper's aim is to replicate and compare Huo et al.'s study to better understand performance drivers of third‐party logistics (3PL) in mainland China and to disseminate Hong Kong 3PL providers' experience to mainland China's peers.
The purpose of this paper is to identify contingencies that are inherently linked to sustainability and that influence its implementation in companies. Further, to identify which coordination mechanisms (organic or mechanistic) are most effective for the implementation on the corporate and on the functional level.
Horizontal cooperations of logistics service providers (LSPs) have becomeimportant for LSPs within the last decades.Owing to the high complexity of these cooperations as observed by Schmoltzi and Wallenburg, the potential for conflict is inherent. This research, therefore, aims to investigate how nature (dysfunctional vs functional) and extent of conflict impact the outcome of these cooperation…
Perubahan yang terjadi dalam lingkungan bisnis menyebabkan berbagai perusahaan terus berusaha memperbaiki strategi bisnisnya, bertujuan agar bisa bertahan dan mempunyai keunggulan bersaing. Puncak perubahan tersebut dengan dimulainya era bisnis pada era informasi dan era pengetahuan. Pada era ini strategi bisnis yang dipandang cocok diantaranya penerapan sistem pengembangan SDM berbasiskan huma…
The purpose of this paper is to examine the propensity of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) for shareholder activism and their potential impact on corporate governance.
This research excursion through shipping companies in Vietnam seeks to examine if corporate social responsibility (CSR) influences trust, which in turn engenders the chain of effects from upward influence behavior through organizational health to knowledge sharing.