Abstract Purpose – In the context of organizational aesthetics, “built environments” remain under-explored. The purpose of this paper is to enter the maritime world of ship architectures to navigate sensory-aesthetic knowledge of a sailor’s place-based memories. Design/methodology/approach – Challenges have been issued to explore the potential for artistic-sensual methodologies to b…
Abstract Purpose – As fire doors are passive fire protection parts, the doors have to be certified through standard fire tests. It is usual practice to perform the standard fire testing on the components which require the fire certification. However, some gas turbine enclosure doors are too large to test at the test facility and hence the fire resistance test is practically not possible. The…
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Despite widespread agreement among economists that labor-intensive manufacturing has contributed mightily to rapid development in China and other fast-growing economies, most developing countries have had little success in raising the share of manufacturing in production, employment, or exports. Tales from the Development Frontier recounts efforts to establish light manufacturing clusters in se…
Unmanned autonomous ships are seen as a key element of a competitive and sustainable European shipping industry in future. But even if the technology to further automate ships will principally be available at some point, this does not imply that autonomous vessels are also the superior choice for the ship owner. In the end the success of autonomous vessels depends on their impact on the profita…
The purpose of this article is to explore the latest trends in logistics in South Africa. In order to enhance the development of logistics, not only in South Africa, but also internationally, it is important to identify the latest trends and do benchmarking against the best practices.
Examines the current situation for logistics in Bulgaria. Reviews the prospects for applying logistics concepts with respect to the economic environment for privatization and investment. Presents the findings. Concludes with some cautions concerning the issue of transferring logistics knowledge in Bulgaria.
Presents a history of logistical planning in the USSR and Russia from 1920‐1992. Describes in detail the functions of the centralized distribution system created in the course of Brezhnev‐Kosygin reforms (1965) and dismantled in 1991; a chronology of changes in distribution of producer goods in 1991‐1992 and explains why the newest are less effective than the dismantled distribution syste…
Global warming is getting more and more attention. The whole society focuses on the low carbon and many experts do low carbon studies on industries. However, little research on low-carbon ports. According to the data from United Nations, since 1990, the emission of greenhouse gas from global trading vessels has increased by 85% and the emission of greenhouse gas from the shipping activities eac…
Ocean economy plays a crucial role in the strengthening maritime safety industry and in the welfare of human beings. Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP) have been widely used in floating platforms on the sea to provide oil for machines. However, the ESP fault may lead to ocean environment pollution, on the other hand, a timely fault diagnosis of ESP can improve the ocean economy. In order to meet…
This study aims to examine whether the determinant factors of innovations broadly accepted for traditional firms – the personal traits of the entrepreneurs, the features of the firms and the environment – also influence innovation in social economy companies.
Ports function as important gateways of international trade and, accordingly, they tend to be regarded as major accelerators of local economic development in the age of globalization. However, due to advancement of logistic technology, change of economic structure and so on, local benefits derived from ports show decreasing trend. In this paper, major literatures regarding port-city interface a…
Emerging market commodity exporters will benefit from rising commodity prices but the economic recovery will be slow. Indonesia is poised for rapid real GDP growth and will be the outperformer among 10 leading commodity exporters we have examined.
The Indonesian government has granted approval to s tate-owned tin miner PT Timah to resume exports , according to company and government officials on Augus t 21. Didi Sumedi, director of export industry and mining products at the trade minis try s tated that the export permit would be applicable for the next six months , adding that no other tin company has been g iven a s imilar approval. Acc…
Commodity prices will remain s ubdued over the coming years . Indus trial metals and oil will face s us tained price pres s ure amid plentiful s upply. This is clearly bad news for commodity exporters , but prudent g overnment policy and g rowth-s upportive initiatives will help to cus hion the blow for some emerg ing markets including the UAE and Mexico. One of BMI's core g lobal views is that…
Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev has urged Association of Southeas t As ian Nations (ASEAN) countries to increas e food exports to Russia amid a Kremlin ban on products from s everal Wes terncountries . At a meeting in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on August 28 , Ulyukayev stated that Russia would welcome greater imports of seafood, nuts , beef, pork, chicken, fruit and vege…
Latin America is undergoing significant changes in its business environment. As a general rule, trade is liberalized, inflation is significantly reduced, and firms are free to import technology. As a result, competition among firms in most industries has become intense. The initial objective of this paper is to review the notable impact of these environmental changes on the logistics function o…
National intellectual capital (IC) measurement models produced by academics provide potentially valuable information for policy making. However, there is a lack of research explaining how policy makers actually deal with issues related to national IC. The purpose of this paper is to examine the phenomenon of national IC from the perspective of policy makers. The aim is to understand how they pe…
This paper aims to identify and assess different configurations to design logistics networks in global sourcing contexts. A framework to support the choice of the most suitable logistics network is developed .
This paper focuses on the international advanced logistics perspective in the global economy. The early 1980s could be referred to as the turning point for the world shipping industry as the first generation. Since then world physical distribution, especially world shipping of the second generation has suffered from the effect of deregulation, IT revolution and globalization on the transactions…