...International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management Globalisation strategies and business organisation of a network of logistics service providers W. Lemoine Lars Dagnæs Downloaded by UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL At 07:46 05 October 2014 (PT) Article information: To cite this document: W. Lemoine Lars Dagnæs, (2003),"Globalisation strategies and business organisation of a network of logistics service providers", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 33 Iss 3 pp. 209 - 228 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09600030310471961 Downloaded on: 05 October 2014, At: 07:46 (PT) References: this document contains references to 44 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 7188 times since 2006* Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Alain Halley, Alice Guilhon, (1997),"Logistics behaviour of small enterprises: performance, strategy and definition", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 27 Iss 8 pp. 475-495 Mohammed Abdur Razzaque, Chang Chen Sheng, (1998),"Outsourcing of logistics functions: a literature survey", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 28 Iss 2 pp. 89-107 Abby Day, (1993),"Logistics Information Management", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 11 Iss 6 pp. 16-19 Access to this document was...
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...nvariably when it comes to history what is believed by the society at the time to be true is almost always more significant to national development than what is actually true and this can be proved in two very significant events of German history namely the treaty of Versailles and the establishment of the Eburt government. However what will see in the essay is a third event in German national history where the consensus of what was believed to be true was violently exposed to what was actually true, which lead to the development of a myth, due to the previous misinformation, which undoubtedly played part in the succession of the Nazi party to power and the outbreak of the second world war. Within Weimar Germany there was no idea more unanimously held than that of the inherent unfairness of the treaty of versailles and of the embedded anti-German sentiment of it's authors. German society believed that previous German territory most specifically the Sudetanland was claimed by the allies and put under their mandate through their greed and motive to decimate Germany. However the Sudetanland especially was an allied territorial claim which went against this belief of the Germans. The Sudetanland was seized by the allies for the purpose of being a buffer zone between Germany and France so that France, who suffered particularly badly in the war, shouldn't call for even more extensive limitations on Germany to avoid a similar conflict. However although in reality the allies' motives...
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...Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers (frequently, and originally, military organizations). Logistics involve the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material-handling, and packaging. Logistics is a channel of the supply chain which adds the value of time and place utility. Origins and definition The term "logistics" originates from the ancient Greek " " ("logos"—"ratio, λόγος word, calculation, reason, speech, oration"). Logistics is considered to have originated in the military's need to supply themselves with arms, ammunition and rations as they moved from their base to a forward position. In ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires, there were military officers with the title ‘Logistikas’ who were responsible for financial and supply distribution matters. The Oxford English dictionary defines logistics as: “The branch of military science having to do with procuring, maintaining and transporting material, personnel and facilities.”Another dictionary definition is: "The time related positioning of resources." As such, logistics is commonly seen as a branch of engineering which creates "people systems" rather than "machine systems".... Military logistics In military logistics, logistics officers manage how and when to move resources to the places they are needed...
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...Excerpt from Paper Money by "Adam Smith" (George J.W. Goodman), pp. 57-62. In the mid-1960s, money manager George J.W. Goodman began to write a series of irreverent and witty columns for New York magazine under the borrowed name of capitalism's founding theorist, Adam Smith. As "Adam Smith," Goodman went on to write several bestsellers about economics, the stock market, and global capitalism, among them The Money Game, Supermoney, and Paper Money, from which this account of the Weimar Republic's disastrous hyperinflation is excerpted. Before World War I Germany was a prosperous country, with a gold-backed currency, expanding industry, and world leadership in optics, chemicals, and machinery. The German Mark, the British shilling, the French franc, and the Italian lira all had about equal value, and all were exchanged four or five to the dollar. That was in 1914. In 1923, at the most fevered moment of the German hyperinflation, the exchange rate between the dollar and the Mark was one trillion Marks to one dollar, and a wheelbarrow full of money would not even buy a newspaper. Most Germans were taken by surprise by the financial tornado. "My father was a lawyer," says Walter Levy, an internationally known German-born oil consultant in New York, "and he had taken out an insurance policy in 1903, and every month he had made the payments faithfully. It was a 20-year policy, and when it came due, he cashed it in and bought a single loaf of bread." The Berlin publisher Leopold...
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...Part 1 - Weimar Germany 1918-1929 1) The Treaty of Versailles ▪ Kaiser abdicates November 9th 1918, Armistice (cease-fire) signed November 11th ▪ Treaty of Versailles signed June 1919 ▪ It is a DIKTAT – something forced on to Germany. Allies say that they will carry on the war if Germans do not sign. ▪ For many Germans the defeat in WW1, national humiliation, the Treaty of Versailles, the Weimar constitution & democracy are all linked – helps explain why democracy is weak in Germany ▪ Terms of the Treaty – ▪ Germany has to pay REPARATIONS (fixed in 1921 as £6600 million) ▪ Germany loses all its COLONIES (overseas parts of their empire) ▪ German army limited to 100,000 men with no air force & a small navy with only 6 battleships and no submarines ▪ 13% of Germany is now transferred to neighbouring countries as the map is redrawn ▪ Germany loses land to France (Alsace-Lorraine), Belgium, Poland (Posen & West Prussia) & Denmark ▪ 15% of German coal mines are lost in map changes ▪ Many Germans blame the defeat in the war on “the stab in the back” (DOLCHSTOSS) – i.e. the Socialists / Communists / Jews betrayed Germany & the army was never defeated. This myth makes it harder to accept the Treaty ▪ Treaty weakened democracy in Germany and the German economy ▪ Friedrich Ebert appointed Chancellor in October 1918 2) The Weimar Constitution ▪ A National Assembly was elected to write this new constitution ▪ It met in Weimar because Berlin was...
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...Obsah Úvod 4 1. Charakteristika potenciálu a ekonomického rozvoje členských států 5 1.1 Čínská lidová republika 5 1.2 Brazilská Federativní republika 6 1.3 Ruská federace 7 1.4 Indická republika 9 1.5 Jihoafrická republika 10 2. Společná iniciativa států BRICS 12 2.1 Pravidelné summity 12 2.1 Summit v Durbanu 13 2.1 Projekt rozvojové banky 14 3. Společná iniciativa států BRICS 16 3.1 MIST jako "konkurence" BRICS 16 3.2 Kritika BRICS 17 3.3 BRICS a EU 18 Závěr 19 Seznam použité literatury 20 Úvod Rozložení ekonomických a politických sil ve světě prochází nyní velmi turbulentním vývojem a v souvislosti s tímto trendem bývá často zmiňován pojem BRICS. Pod touto zkratkou se skrývá uskupení velkých rozvojových ekonomik: Číny, Ruska, Indie, Brazílie a Jihoafrické republiky, o kterých se předpokládá, že se stanou v budoucnu hlavními hybateli světové ekonomiky. Jednotliví členové jsou považováni za nejvýznamnější země ve svých regionech a v rámci mezinárodních ekonomických vztahů se snaží reprezentovat zájmy rozvojového světa. Jejich význam ve světovém kontextu stále roste a v současné době představují velkou výzvu pro západní „dominanci“. Jednoznačně dosahují vyššího ekonomického růstu a na rozdíl od rozvinutých ekonomik nebyli tolik zasaženi ekonomickou krizí. Záměrem této práce je posoudit z několika úhlů pohledu význam, potenciál a budoucnost uskupení BRICS. Skupiny, která sice představuje jedny z nejnadějnějších...
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...CONTENTS Section 1 - Industry Profile Overview Future Outlook European Industry Overview North America Overview Asia & Pacific Industry Overview India & Middle East Industry Overview Development of World Scheduled Air Traffic World Economic Growth and Airline Profits Rankings - Passenger services Rankings – Freight services Section 2 - British Airways Profile Overview Alliances LHR Air Transport Movements LGW Air Transport Movements Awards History Key Events (1987-2005) Board Members Leadership Team British Airways Management Team Employees Brands Departmental Analysis Section 3 - British Airways Fleet Aircraft Fleet Aircraft Delivery Schedule Mainline Fleet Profiles Regional Aircraft Fleet Maintenance Section 4 - British Airways Performance Summary Strategy Social and Environmental Performance Incentive Plans Summary Financial / Operating Statistics Principal Investments Shareholder Information Share Price History Section 5 - Global Partners Overview BA Connect Franchisees oneworld Aer Lingus American Airlines Cathay Pacific Finnair Iberia LanChile Qantas oneworld At A Glance Section 6 - Route Network British Airways Franchisees Section 7 - General Information Airport Three Letter Decodes Outside Advisors Abbreviations & Specialist Terms How To Contact Us 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 89 91 92 93 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 38 39 40 41 44 47 105 109 110 115 116 118 56 56 57 69 72 73 74 75 75 77 86 87 88 This document has been prepared solely...
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