Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine an organization’s operational alignment in the process of alliance formation. Design/methodology/approach – A literature study was conducted on the strategic importance of assessing and aligning organizations’ operations for alliancing. Furthermore, an instrumental case study was conducted to provide insight in the degree of op…
AbstractPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to reinforce the experiential paradigm from which academics and practitioners currently explain consumer decision making in touristic activities. More specifically, this research brings new insights for understanding consumption experience. The aim is to establish relationships between Experience, Satisfaction, Destination Attachment, as well as …
Abstract Purpose –The purpose of this study is to evaluate empirically the impact of intrafirm resources, interfirm relationships, and logistics service capabilities on logistics performance in the container logistics context. Design/methodology/approach –Factor analysis was employed to identify the key intrafirm resources (i.e. tangible assets and intangible assets), interfirm relation…
The New York City Department of Sanitation operates the world's largest refuse marine transport system. Waste trucks unload their cargo at land-based transfer stations where refuse is placed in barges and then towed by tugboats to the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island. In the early 1980s, the city commissioned the development of a computer-based model for use in fleet sizing and opera…
Abstract Purpose – Supply chain resilience (SCR) is essential to the success of firms. However, very few studies have focused on the relationships between different types of integration, SCR and service performance from the perspective of third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The purpose of this paper is to develop and assesses a conceptual model for these relationships. Design/methodolog…
Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to explore the coordination mechanism of cost sharing for green food production and marketing between a food producer and a supplier who both contribute to sales of green food. Design/methodology/approach – This paper first develops demand functions for both a food supplier and a producer, considering their influence on food green degree and associated c…
The major problems with this work centre upon the author's failure to provide it with a coherent conceptual framework, and a concomitant lack of integration between the component parts of the book. The author states his objectives, but the questions posed remain largely unanswered in what is essentially a series of essays about sone aspects of planning in some port cities of early modern Europe…
Shipping has many hundreds of terms and phrases whose meaning is not always obvious, even for experienced practitioners. This comprehensive dictionary contains concise definitions of maritime terms and phrases, including those used in liner, tramp and bulk shipping.
This sixth edition contains new terms and phrases which cover: The latest technological and other improvements in cargo hand…The second volume tackles the substantive maritime law with a particular emphasis on risk and liabilities, and analyses issues of contract, tort and criminal law, causation and remoteness of damages. Key features of Volume Two include: An analysis of the regulatory regime, new EU and IMO safety at sea legislation, reforming practices for flag states and recognise…
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and doe…
The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical model for systematizing human rights norms to facilitate their integration into global business decision making
The contenst of the book "encyclopedia of shipping law sources" consist of three part: Part I section A Statutes Part II section B statutory instruments Part III section C other materials Part IV section D Cases Part V Index
Content this book abaut information abaut law, liens, contracts, arbitration and agrency; the ship; master and crew; log books, perotests and other records; accommondation, provisions and public walfare; carriage of passengers; the shipment, carriage and delivery of goods; procedures on arival at and on depature from a port; wreck and salvage; lighterage, towage and piltage; Lighthouses and lig…
The contenst of the book consist of three part: Part I ("Sale, Mortgage and Lien") has been in view of the replacement of the Sale of Gooda Act. To this Part has been added Paccinini v. Partrederiet Trigon II: The "Alfred Trigon" which concerned the meaning of the words "free of average damage affecting class. Part II ("Carriage of Goods by Sea") are A/S Awilco v. Fulvia S.p.A di Navigazione …
This book have several chapters become incresingly in need of updating. For example, the chapter on Limitation of Lialibility has, in this second edition, been given greater depth on the 1976 (London) Convention in view of itsnow imminent coming into effect. Also the very significant and controversial, court ruling in The Marion Case (at House of Lords level) has been written into the cahapter.…
The first volume tackles a wealth of complex jurisdictional aspects, ranging from the enforcement of maritime claims to a detailed analysis of the conditions of arrest of ships, including reconsideration of wrongful arrest, beneficial ownership, forum non-convenience and limitations upon the jurisdiction of the English courts. Key features of Volume One: Expert analysis of the very latest case …
The fourth edition consists of consideration of all aspects of the jurisdiction of English courts and arbitrators over maritime claims, applicable law, judgments, remedies and security interests, including the continuing critical impact of membership of the European Union. The comprehensive updating encompasses legislative, convention and judicial developments since the publication of the last …
content this book about UNCLOS, National Encolosure, and the common heritage, resources, military uses, and Ecology, The European community and law of the sea, deepseabed mining.
“The new Eu ro pean Con sti tu tion re cog nises the func tion of the role of the so cial di a logue in the EU con text as a key el e ment of the Eu ro pean strat e gies. But the im pres sion is that the le gal out come con tained in the too so ber sen tences of the Eu ro pean Con sti tu tion is not co her ent with the role gained de facto by so cial part ners to day in the na tional mem bers…
Parties en tering into a trans action which may in volve more than one coun try have to select the law un der which any dis putes aris ing out of their con tract should be set - tled. The most world- widely used and proba bly the most emi nent de vice for pre selecting a spe cific na tional law to gov ern an in ternational con tract is the so- called governing law clause1. In such a clause the …
This book concerns time charters. Its focus is time charters of cargo ships, although many aspects of the law set out in the book will be relevant to time charters of any type of ship. The book aims to present the legal principles and decided cases concerning time charters in a manner that will be of practical assistance to parties interested to identify and understand the rights and liabilitie…
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…
With the majority of the surface of the globe being water, most of the cargo that is shipped to, or from, the United States as well as other countries is accomplished by the maritime community, which is the economic lifeline of the country. The security of the maritime industry is vital to its continued operation and national security, which is the reason for writing this book. The threat to th…
It is impossible to quantify the effects certain individuals have on the planning and creation of a book. Whether it be guidance, direct intervention or just general support, it is inevitable that a task that at times appeared to be a lonely, individual chore was, nevertheless, reliant on a number of people who offered guidance, encouragement or support. The initial idea was given credence by c…
The book examines how the absence of insurance in the past led to some unique maritime liability law principles such as ‘general average’ (i.e., losses or expenses shared by all the parties to a maritime adventure) and the limitation of ship owners’ liability. In the absence of insurance, these principles served the function of insurance mostly for ship owners. As commercial marine insura…
This unique new title provides expert, hands-on advice as to the law and practice of the maritime letter of indemnity. Detailing the variety of implications that can arise from each type of letter, the authors bring this important and litigious subject to the fore with a view to reducing the commercial and legal risks involved in this core area of shipping and international trade.
Commercial litigators and other users of commercial, insurance and maritime statutes will be acquainted with the occasional irritation caused by not having a relevant statute at hand. The intention of this compilation is to provide a ready reference to all the statutes regularly encountered in the context of commercial, maritime and insurance litigation. The statutes chosen are those which we c…
Logisticians propose changes to improve supply chains, and legal practitioners do likewise, but from a different perspective. Proposals from one domain increasingly have an impact on the other due to e.g. globalization – but cross-disciplinary knowledge often seems limited. The purpose of this paper is to facilitate interaction between the domains by increasing the level of joint understandin…
a.Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; b.Division of Business, Hong Kong Community College, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; c.Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; d.Department o…