Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era : : Contexts, Companies, Connections.
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| Superior document: | Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics Series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019. ©2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections
- Introduction
- References
- Part I Contexts
- 2 The Declining Role of Western Europe in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1900-2000
- Introduction
- The Starting Point-The European Hegemony
- Lost Continent
- European Shipping in Sturmey's Scheme
- Shipbuilding in Sturmey's Scheme
- When Did Europe Lose Its Maritime Hegemony?
- Conclusion: Was Western Europe Doomed to Lose Its Maritime Hegemony?
- References
- 3 The Emergence of Maritime Governance in the Post-War World
- Introduction
- Regulating Global Shipping: From the Primacy of the Flag State to the 'Conglomeratic Approach'
- International Organizations and Their Procedures
- The Role of Public Authorities in Port State Control and IMO Compliance Procedures
- Regional Actors
- Intermediate Actors
- From State-Centred Regulation to Conglomeratic Global Governance
- References
- 4 Thinking Outside 'The Box': Decolonization and Containerization
- The OCL Solution
- Decolonization and Competitive Pressures
- Decolonization, Political Risk and Containerization
- Non-European Agency in Containerization
- Conclusion: Contextualizing Containerization
- References
- Part II Companies
- 5 'Containerization in Globalization': A Case Study of How Maersk Line Became a Transnational Company
- Introduction
- A Transnational Company
- The Establishment of the First Maersk Line Offices Abroad
- Developments 1974-1999
- Containerization of the Europe/Asia Route
- The World's Most Profitable Container Shipping Line
- A Deeper Reflection: The Establishment in Southeast Asia in 1975
- Execution
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 East Asiatic Company's Difficult Experiences with Containerization
- Introduction.
- ScanDutch and EAC's Initial Containerization
- The Liner Replacement Vessels: A Fatal Investment
- From EAC to COSCO-A Difficult Case of Knowledge Transfer
- Conclusion
- References
- 7 Shipping as a Knowledge Industry: Research and Strategic Planning at Ocean Group
- Introduction
- Knowledge as a Resource
- Technology and Operations
- Improving Traditional Liner Shipping
- The Leap into Container Shipping
- Management and Strategy
- Introducing Strategic Planning
- Implementing Strategic Planning
- Management Development
- Conclusion
- References
- Part III Connections
- 8 The Role of Greek Shipowners in the Revival of Northern European Shipyards in the 1950s
- Introduction
- Why the Greeks?
- Building Tankers in European, American and Asian Shipyards
- Greek Shipowners, European Shipyards and International Politics
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- 9 Regional, yet Global: The Life Cycle of Overnight Ferry Shipping
- Introduction
- Historiography
- Methods and Sources
- Innovation and Growth, 1960-1990
- Maturity, 1990-1999
- Decline After 1999
- Conclusion
- References
- 10 Conclusion
- Contexts
- Companies
- Connections
- Concluding Comments
- References
- Index.