First, based on a review of current manufacturing trends, argues for a ew type of logistical infrastructure supporting agility and quick response to global markets. Second, shows how this new logistical infrastructure is being put in place. Describes the Global TransPark project in North...

Presents a framework for explaining the relationship between strategy, structure, and logistics in the context of a changing environment. In response to new competitive pressures, a manufacturing enterprise is emerging in which resources may now be dispersed worldwide. As distances between...

Ridge regression, based on adding a smally quantity, k, to the diagonal of a correlation matrix of highly collinear independent variables, can reduce the error variance of estimators, but at the expense of introducing bias. Because bias is a monotonic increasing function of k, the problem of the...

The automotive industry is at a critical juncture in its evolution. Vehicle manufacturers are merging horizontally into large portfolio-oriented companies focused on assembly and marketing while reducing their in-house development and manufacturing depth in favor of a multi-tier supplier base....

As air transport for leisure trips, business travel and goods shipment increased rapidly over the past several decades, the emergence of airport cities has been hypothesised. Busy commercial airports may be emerging as central transport nodes in large metropolitan areas, much as ports and rail...

Terminal-based retail has been sufficiently successful that many airport operators are considering enlarging their facilities in order to increase revenues. On the basis of data on the retail sales and rental revenues for 75 of the US's most important passenger airports, we demonstrate the...

This note examines the role that air cargo plays in economic development and factors that condition its impact. After presenting basic empirical relationships between air cargo and both trade and gross domestic product per capita, we discuss three factors that can enhance air cargo's positive...

Commercial aviation continues to grow but few passenger or cargo journeys begin or end at airports. “Terminal” and “last” mile costs can place considerable drag on interregional trade in goods and services, attenuating growth and prosperity. The aerotropolis model provides a holistic...

1 The Great U-Turn Revisited: Economic Restructuring, Jobs, and the Redistribution of Earnings -- Comment -- 2 The Outlook for Jobs and Living Standards -- Comment -- 3 Sources of Job Growth—and Some Implications -- 4 Foreign Investment and American Jobs -- Comment -- 5 Job Creation, Business...