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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"380 Commerce, communications & transportation"”.
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The decline of UK merchant shipping, 1975-90: beyond the market view
This dissertation will provide explanation for the decline of UK merchant shipping, 1975-1990. This involves identifying and analysing a broad range of factors which have simultaneously affected the merchant fleet. In attaining this objective it has become apparent that prominent amongst the …
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Human resource management in the shipping industry
There are indications of consensus among commentators and other stakeholders that shipping industry managements need to pay greater attention to `the human element'. This thesis examines the ways merchant marine officers (seafarers), working for British and European companies, are managed, through …
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The application of the European Railway policy to the Hellenic Railways: an opportunity for effective operation?
This thesis provides analysis of the current European Railway Policy and its effects on the organization of Hellenic Railways. The focus will be on the design of a new organizational model for the operation of the whole railway system in Hellas by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the …
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Anglo-German commercial and financial rivalry in Brazil 1900-1929
This thesis investigates the growth and character of British and German economic interests in Brazil with particular regard to the extent of their historical competition as well as respective economic performances. Being reminiscent of the continuous enquiries into the state of Britain's home …
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The role of export associations as supporters of SME exporters in Ghana's non-traditional export sector
Ghana's Non-Traditional Export (NTE) sector is central to her export growth and socio- economic development. Dominated by SME exporters, the sector has historically underperformed, hence Government's establishment of Export Associations (EAs) to boost SME exporters' performance. This research …
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Evaluating the need for and choice of a seaport hub in the eastern Mediterranean region based on the merits of international logistics - supply chain
A trend emerged during the mid 1990s, where Liner operators considered a new strategy for serving the Eastern Mediterranean countries from the Far East region: the choice being via a centrally located seaport hub instead of via Eastern Mediterranean seaport hubs. The author raised several questions …
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The impact of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy on the structure of demand for shipping transport of grain
Regional economic integration has become a major issue in international trade. Existing literature has failed to evaluate or quantify the implication of policy measures adopted by regional economic blocs on shipping transport services. This thesis quantifies the distorting effects of the European …
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The impact of exchange rate fluctuations on the shipping industry
The international shipping industry has certain characteristics, which make it particularly vulnerable to exchange rate risk. While the commercial world recognises such risk, neither the shipping industry nor academia have yet tried to quantify or evaluate the extent of the problem. This thesis …
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An econometric model of the one million barrel tanker market
This thesis presents a disaggregated econometric model and set of forecasts of the supply of one million barrel tankers (l00-160,000DWT). The model examined the factors of tanker demand and supply. It looked at the oil imports Western Europe and USA as sources of demand for tankers in this …
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A statistical study of ship domains
The thesis is an attempt to establish the water area required by any one ship for safe and efficient navigation. The concept of a ship domain has been considered, which may be defined as the effective area around a ship which a navigator would like to keep free with respect to other ships and …
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Market orientation and firm performance in Ghana's telecommunications industry
… of market orientation (MO) in Ghana’s mobile telecommunications industry, and to assess its relationship to performance. This was necessitated by the fact that, in-spite of the superfluity of literature on market orientation and its relationship to performance in developed economies and a few on …
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The risk and return trade-off in the film industry : a comparative empirical analysis
Despite its proved riskiness, the film industry is one of the most economically relevant industries in the world, constantly undergoing rapid change and development, since every day millions of dollars, pounds, euros or other currencies are invested in film productions. Although restricted to the …
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Tag based Bayesian latent class models for movies : economic theory reaches out to big data science
For the past 50 years, cultural economics has developed as an independent research specialism. At its core are the creative industries and the peculiar economics associated with them, central to which is a tension that arises from the notion that creative goods need to be experienced before an …
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The carrier's liability under international maritime conventions (The Hague, Hague-Visby and Hamburg rules)
The research centres on the sea carrier's liability for loss of or damage to goods under convention based regimes. The unification, clarification and simplification of national laws regulating maritime trade have always been targets of lawyers and business people who would like to be aware of their …
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Stakeholder involvement in the selection of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-focussed voluntary standards within the food / agri-business industry
This study examines issues concerning the sustainable sourcing of raw materials in the food manufacturing sector, with a specific focus on the utilization of third-party, externally-recognised certification standards. The research is set within the context of debates surrounding the use of …
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The contribution of artist management processes to success/failure in the music industry - a case study
This research is an in-depth case study conducted, through participant observation and semi structured interviews, within Spaceship Management, a well-established boutique artist management company, active in the field of electro/pop music genre. This study examines the management processes, …
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The ACEWEM computational laboratory : an integrated agent-based and statistical modelling framework for experimental designs of repeated power auctions
This research work develops a novel framework for experimental designs of liberalised wholesale power markets, namely the Agent-based Computational Economics of Wholesale Electricity Market (ACEWEM) framework. The ACEWEM allows to further understand the effect of various market designs on market …
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Football fandom, glocalisation and the ‘Man United in Pidgin’ Twitter community: a study of the glocal village created through the social media practices of a Twitter account dedicated to West African Manchester United Football Club’s fans
This thesis on ‘Man United In Pidgin’s (MUIP’s) Twitter account discusses how the glocalisation of Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) made possible via that account assists the construction of a postcolonial West African masculine online identity or fandom. MUIP is an unofficial MUFC’s social …
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Community media : field, theory, policy
The submission consists of twenty-three outputs, spanning over three decades. These range from books and chapters to reports, journal articles and edited publications. The accompanying commentary aims to set the submitted work in context, demonstrate that it constitutes a coherent whole, and that …
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A knowledge management framework for the postal sector
Today’s economy is generally referred to as a knowledge-based economy. Organizations now recognize the value of “knowledge” and strive to achieve better management of their knowledge assets. Knowledge is a critical factor for building organizational innovation and sustaining competitive advantage. …
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