This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of traditional and newly emerging challenges affecting international logistics management from practical, theoretical and policy perspectives. Principles of International Logistics provides an in-depth exploration of the role of intermodal transportation, and the policy-oriented issues of market liberalization, regulatory policies, quality of institutions and supply chain orientation. Key Features: Detailed discussion of the role of the different modes of transport including air, land and maritime transportation Evaluation of international logistics and its economic significance, giving students a strong understanding of the basic principles of logistics Practically-oriented examples and cases drawn from developed and developing countries in Asia, Europe, South America and Africa to allow students to apply their knowledge in practice Coverage of new and emerging international issues such as new technologies and their application to logistics, placing traditional logistics concepts into modern context Principles of International Logistics will be an essential text for undergraduate students of international logistics, logistics management and global supply chains, and an excellent supplementary text for those studying operations and supply chain management more broadly.

This updated and fully revised second edition provides a comprehensive examination of issues of paramount importance for Southeast Asian economies including: * the economic implications of the 1997 Asian crisis for both older and newer members of ASEAN * the role of government and FDI in ASEAN economic growth and development * trade patterns with the US, Japan and the EU and the economic implications of China's accession to the WTO for ASEAN countries * the environmental consequences of industrialisation and growth * the emergence of economic growth triangles and their contribution to ASEAN growth and regional cooperation * the prospects and challenges of ASEAN economic cooperation before and after the crisis * and the key challenges facing ASEAN member countries in the aftermath of the crisis. This is a timely and topical book. The Economies of Southeast Asia, Second Edition will continue to be a valuable and essential text for courses on Asian studies and economics, development economics and comparative economic systems in both the East and West.

This updated and fully revised second edition provides a comprehensive examination of issues of paramount importance for Southeast Asian economies including: * the economic implications of the 1997 Asian crisis for both older and newer members of ASEAN * the role of government and FDI in ASEAN economic growth and development * trade patterns with the US, Japan and the EU and the economic implications of China's accession to the WTO for ASEAN countries * the environmental consequences of industrialisation and growth * the emergence of economic growth triangles and their contribution to ASEAN growth and regional cooperation * the prospects and challenges of ASEAN economic cooperation before and after the crisis * and the key challenges facing ASEAN member countries in the aftermath of the crisis. This is a timely and topical book. The Economies of Southeast Asia, Second Edition will continue to be a valuable and essential text for courses on Asian studies and economics, development economics and comparative economic systems in both the East and West.

This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of traditional and newly emerging challenges affecting international logistics management from practical, theoretical and policy perspectives. Principles of International Logistics provides an in-depth exploration of the role of intermodal transportation, and the policy-oriented issues of market liberalization, regulatory policies, quality of institutions and supply chain orientation. Key Features: Detailed discussion of the role of the different modes of transport including air, land and maritime transportation Evaluation of international logistics and its economic significance, giving students a strong understanding of the basic principles of logistics Practically-oriented examples and cases drawn from developed and developing countries in Asia, Europe, South America and Africa to allow students to apply their knowledge in practice Coverage of new and emerging international issues such as new technologies and their application to logistics, placing traditional logistics concepts into modern context Principles of International Logistics will be an essential text for undergraduate students of international logistics, logistics management and global supply chains, and an excellent supplementary text for those studying operations and supply chain management more broadly.