Container Shipping and Economic Development: A Case Study of A.P.Moller-Maersk - Softcover

Greve, Majbritt; Hansen, Michael Wendelboe; Schaumburg-Muller, Henrik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8763002132 ISBN 13: 9788763002134

Publisher: Copenhagen Business School Press, 2007

Synopsis

This book presents the findings of a study on the world's largest container shipping firm, A.P. Moller - Maersk, and its role in integrating developing countries into the global economy. The study focuses on A.P. Moller - Maersk's container business in Southeast Asian developing countries - Vietnam in particular. Building on an extensive empirical analysis, the book suggests that A.P. Moller - Maersk's container business may play an important role in the integration of global production processes, not only by moving goods from A to B and coordinating multiple modes of transport, but also by coordinating and integrating increasingly atomized production processes at a global scale. The book contributes to the understanding of the role of container shipping services in economic development processes.

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Review

"This book provides valuable insights in the important role of transport as a facilitator of trade and economic development. Managing global supply chains becomes increasingly complex and requires integration and coordination of processes across the globe. The book discusses the role of A.P. Moller - Maersk, the world's largest container shipping firm, in connecting developing countries, such as Vietnam, to developed countries. The reader gets an up-to-date description of Maersk's container business in South East Asia, as well as a profound analysis of the effects of Maersk's investments in building container terminals and integrating global production processes. I recommend it for students of international economics and supply chain management as well as for practitioners."Professor Tage Skjott-Larsen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

About the Author

Majbritt Greve is a Project Manager at ECCO Shoes working with Business Development within global production and logistics. Her professional background also includes work as a research assistant at the Centre for Business and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School and work with international development organisations. Her research focuses on the role of transport and logistics' firms in economic development. Since 2003, she has conducted extensive studies of A.P. Moller - Maersk in South East Asia. She holds a M.Sc. in International Business and Development Studies from CBS.Michael Wendelboe Hansen is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Business and Development Studies, Copenhagen Business School. Since 1994, he has worked with various aspects of firm strategy in developing countries. Prior to his employment at CBS, he worked at the United Nation's Centre for Transnational Corporations in New York. Currently, his research is focusing on the strategies of Danish investors in Asian developing countries and the implications of these investments for local firms and industries.Henrik Schaumburg-Muller is an Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Business and Development Studies, Copenhagen Business School. Since 1970, he has been working within development economics and increasingly combined his research with business and management studies. His work has focused on the countries in Asia and his recently published articles are focusing on foreign firm linkages and private sector development particularly in Vietnam.

Edition details

• Publisher: Copenhagen Business School Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8763002132
• ISBN 13: 9788763002134
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72