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This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of cost escalation in transportation infrastructure projects. Based on a sample of 258 transportation infrastructure projects worth US$90 billion and... more
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      Critical TheoryBusinessEntrepreneurshipOrganizational Behavior
This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of traffic forecasts in transportation infrastructure projects. The sample used is the largest of its kind, covering 210 projects in 14 nations worth U.S.$59... more
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The article first describes characteristics of major infrastructure projects. Second, it documents a much neglected topic in economics: that ex ante estimates of costs and benefits are often very different from actual ex post costs and... more
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This paper focuses on problems and their causes and cures in policy and planning for large-infrastructure projects. First, it identifies as the main problem in major infrastructure developments pervasive misinformation about the costs,... more
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A major source of risk in project management is inaccurate forecasts of project costs, demand, and other impacts. The paper presents a promising new approach to mitigating such risk, based on theories of decision making under uncertainty... more
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"Over budget, over time, over and over again" appears to be an appropriate slogan for large, complex infrastructure projects. This article explains why cost, benefits, and time forecasts for such projects are systematically... more
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The Supplementary Green Book Guidance on Optimism Bias (HM Treasury 2003) with reference to the Review of Large Public Procurement in the UK (Mott MacDonald 2002) notes that there is a demonstrated, systematic, tendency for project... more
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The pricing of infrastructure, such as this of commercially competing ports, is one of the most controversial aspects of the global economy of the 21 st century. The controversy arises from the need to reconcile the economic development... more
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      ManagementTransport EconomicsSupply Chain ManagementSustainable Transportation
2008. 352 pp. r150.00 (hardcover). This volume is intended to explain why major investment projects (the so-called mega-projects) often are not completed on time and cost more than originally budgeted. Drawing from experiences of European... more
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Risk, including economic risk, is increasingly a concern for public policy and management. The possibility of dealing effectively with risk is hampered, however, by lack of a sound empirical basis for risk assessment and management. This... more
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This paper explores how theories of the planning fallacy and the outside view may be used to conduct quality control and due diligence in project management. First, a much-neglected issue in project management is identified, namely that... more
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Do different types of megaprojects have different cost overruns? This apparently simple question is at the heart of research at the University of Oxford aimed at understanding the characteristics of megaprojects, particularly in terms of... more
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The ability to utilize multiple modes of transport has a considerable impact on the accessibility of sea ports. Furthermore, the growing demand for sustainability continuously prompts ports to make hinterland transport as efficient and... more
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      LogisticsSea portsContainer TerminalContainer Shipping
This study introduces a state-of-the-art volatility forecasting method for container shipping freight rates. Over the last decade, the container shipping industry has become very unpredictable. The demolition of the shipping conferences... more
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      Artificial IntelligenceForecastingShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping
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      EconomicsEconometricsStrategic ManagementStrategic Planning
The mobilities turn has demonstrated the importance of the social, cultural, and political implications of travel for a variety of modes, though largely focused on people and vehicles, not freight. The transport of goods by shipping... more
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      LogisticsTransport GeographyTransportation and Land UseMobilities Studies
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      ManagementSupply Chain ManagementInternational BusinessOperations Research
Dan Lovallo and Daniel Kahneman must be commended for their clear identification of causes and cures to the planning fallacy in “Delusions of Success: How Optimism Undermines Executives’ Decisions” (July 2003). Their look at overoptimism,... more
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Introducing new technologies often crush unions; indeed, sometimes that is the purpose. However, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), on the US Pacific Coast, demonstrates that need not occur. In 1960, the ILWU and... more
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      Industrial And Labor RelationsLabor EconomicsTechnologySupply Chain Management
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      ManagementSupply Chain ManagementInternational BusinessShipping/ Transport Logistics
The growth in liner shipping capacity; the degree of containerisation of general cargo trades; and the average and maximum size of containerships have all been increasing at a remarkable rate during the past 20 years. Futurologists, naval... more
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      ManagementHistoryGeographyEconomics
The paper provides an overview of China’s relations with Poland in the context of the New Silk Road (NSR) as well as Łódź’s benefits form the One Belt One Road (OBOR). China has rapidly expanded the extent of its interactions with Poland... more
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      Rail Transport and InfrastructureTransportationContainer ShippingNew Silk Road
Megaproject Planning and Management: Essential Readings contains the seminal articles from the growing body of research on megaproject planning and management along with an original introduction by the editor, Bent Flyvbjerg. The leading... more
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      Critical TheoryEntrepreneurshipOrganizational BehaviorInformation Systems
As megaprojects have become ubiquitous, their real benefits and costs have come under increased scrutiny. We interviewed Bent Flyvbjerg, who has extensively studied megaproject development. Flyvbjerg has found systematic problems in the... more
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      ManagementTransport EconomicsSupply Chain ManagementSustainable Transportation
From the poorly managed public infrastructures of the previous century, ports have evolved into high-tech enterprises and crucial nodes in global supply chains of production, transport and distribution. Containerization has been... more
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      LogisticsTransport GeographyShipping/ Transport LogisticsCities and globalization/Global cities
An integrated design and multiobjective optimization approach to ship design is herein presented. It integrates methods and software tools for the simultaneous evaluation of key measures of merit in the early phase of ship design. The... more
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      Multiobjective OptimizationOptimizationShip DesignContainer Shipping
(Winner of the Jovellanos Award (Spain) for originality and quality)

In this paper I propose an innovative strategy for the 'optimum hedge' that significantly improves hedging effectiveness.
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      ManagementFinanceTransport EconomicsFinancial Economics
Over the last decennia, shipping has gradually been included as an important asset in the economic policy and law making of the European Union and of Member States. This was overdue since transport, and particularly shipping, is a key... more
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      ManagementEuropean StudiesTransport EconomicsEuropean integration
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      ManagementTransport EconomicsSupply Chain ManagementInternational Business
Winner of the Yokohama Prize, 5th World Conference on Transport Research, Yokohama, Japan, July 1989.
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      Industrial And Labor RelationsManagementEconometricsLabor Economics
This is the book by which, with Neil Kinnock and Glenda Jackson (then UK transport minister), we introduced the Quality Shipping campaign, as well as the European Commission’s “Towards a New Maritime Strategy” document, appended in the... more
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      ManagementTransport EconomicsSupply Chain ManagementInternational Business
In this study, it is aimed to determine the price bubbles in the stock prices of the major container line shipping companies and to investigate whether the stock values of the companies are affected by global developments in the market in... more
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      Container ShippingPrice Bubbles
Maritime transport is most preferred transportation mode in global trade and ports are strategy model points along global supply chains due to their integral part role in maritime transportation. Efficiency and effectiveness in the port... more
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      Quality ManagementDecision-MakingInvestmentContainer Terminal
Increased maritime transport due to global trade has a significant impact on the ports, which are the gateways of countries to trade. Ports make investment plans in order to maintain their competitiveness in the face of increasing freight... more
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      Linear ProgrammingOptimization MethodsIntermodal TransportContainer Shipping
Digital transformation has led to a new era of port development at an unprecedented pace. China represents a large percentage of total global trades, navigating the maritime silk-road to various global and regional ports. In Malaysia, the... more
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      Strategic StudiesStrategic ManagementStrategic PlanningPorts and Harbours
This dissertation is a case study of an economic evaluation of a 700 TEU class container feeder vessel as an alternative short sea shipping service in the Caspian Sea. The proposed case study illustrates the introduction of container... more
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      Supply Chain ManagementShipping/ Transport LogisticsCaspian Sea RegionContainer Shipping
This paper demonstrates a non-cooperative four rational player's static game framework to analyse the shipping alliance competition on a particular Far East-Northern Europe liner shipping service loop. The complete-perfect information... more
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      Game TheoryContainer ShippingMaritime Economics and LogisticsLiner Shipping
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      ManagementEconometricsSupply Chain ManagementInternational Business
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      BusinessManagementFinanceEconomic History
The essay juxtaposes, as in a poetic metaphor, Czech sea voyages to Southeast Asia in the late colonial era, as described in the travellers’ writings, and the author’s recent voyage on a container ship from Rotterdam to Singapore. A... more
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      Southeast Asian StudiesCzech HistoryMaritime HistoryHistoriography
Dating back to the mid-20th century, shipping containers, sometimes called intermodal containers, freight containers or sea cans, are boxes made of steel that are used to safely and securely ship household items and commercial goods... more
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      LogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsContainersConstruction Logistics
Kirim Keluar Negeri Murah, Kirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Kirim Barang Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Kirim Surat Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Kirim Dokumen Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Kirim Dokumen Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Kirim Keluar Negeri Murah di... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Kirim Barang Ke Luar Negeri, Pengiriman Barang Ke Luar Negeri, Kirim Barang Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Mengirim Barang Ke Luar Negeri, Cara Mengirim barang Ke Luar Negeri, Cara Kirim Barang Ke Luar Negeri, Jasa Pengiriman Barang Ke Luar... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Kirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri, Kirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri Via Pos, Kirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Cara Kirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri, Biaya Kirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri, Cara Mengirim Paket Ke Luar Negeri, Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Pengiriman Luar Negeri, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Murah, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Zalora, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Lazada, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Shopee, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Pos, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Pos, Pengiriman Luar Negeri Pos... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Di Surabaya, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Yang Paling Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Barang Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Yang Murah, Jasa Pengiriman Barang... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar Negeri, Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar Negeri Atha Express Sidoarjo, Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar Negeri Yang Murah, Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar Negeri Pos Indonesia,... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management
Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Kirim Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Pengiriman Paket Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Paling Murah, Pengiriman Barang Ke Luar Negeri Murah, Pengiriman Ke Luar Negeri Yang Murah, Pengiriman Dokumen... more
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      Transport LogisticsLogisticsShipping/ Transport LogisticsShipping Management