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The Securitization of Foreign Aid
Brown, Stephen (ed.); Grävingholt, Jörn (ed.) - 2016
Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on key crosscutting issues such as gender...
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Food Safety Governance : Integrating Science, Precaution and Public Involvement
Renn, Ortwin - 2009
of science, precaution, and public involvement in current arrangements for European food safety governance. The devised … that demonstrates practical advice of how complex and conflicting food safety demands might be reconciled. At the core of … innovative food safety interface structure designed to improve the politics-science-society coordination throughout the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521147
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Sustainable Freight Transport : Theory, Models, and Case Studies
Zeimpekis, Vasileios (ed.); Aktas, Emel (ed.);  … - 2018
This book presents the latest technologies and operational methods available to support sustainable freight transport practices. It highlights market requirements, cutting edge applications, and case studies from innovators in the logistics services industry. The goal is to help bridge the gap...
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Transportmanagement : Kostenoptimierung, Green Logistics und Herausforderungen an der Schnittstelle Rampe
Wittenbrink, Paul - 2014 - 2., vollst. neu bearb. u. erw. Aufl. 2014
Handlungsbedarf Transportmanagement -- Für den Transport- und Logistikmarkt relevante Megatrends -- Strategische Positionierung und Risikomanagement -- Grundlagen der Nutzfahrzeugkalkulation -- Entwicklung eines Kostenmodells auf Excel-Basis -- Transportkalkulation -- Ansätze zur Kostensenkung...
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Dynamic Fleet Management for International Truck Transportation : Focusing on Occasional Transportation Tasks
Schorpp, Steffen - 2011
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Tourenplanung im Straßengüterverkehr
Ohrt, Claudius (contributor) - 2008
Einführung -- Grundlagen der Tourenplanung -- Merkmale der Tourenplanung im Straßengüterverkehr -- Methoden und Modelle zur Tourenplanung -- Modellierung von Tourenplanungsproblemen im Straßengüterverkehr -- Entwurf eines denEntwurfeines Verfahrens zur Tourenplanung -- Anwendungsbeispiele...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014602
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Vehicle Routing under Consideration of Driving and Working Hours : A Distributed Decision Making Perspective
Meyer, Christoph Manuel - 2011
In April 2007 new legal rules concerning the driving and working hours of truck drivers have become valid in all member countries of the European Union. In the study of Christoph Manuel Meyer the dispatchers’ problem of combined vehicle routing and break scheduling is modelled and solved using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015294
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Dynamic Fleet Management for International Truck Transportation : Focusing on Occasional Transportation Tasks
Schorpp, Steffen - 2011
Recent developments in IC technologies have facilitated the practical application of dynamic vehicle routing systems. While most of the available dynamic approaches deal with urban area environments, the focus of this thesis is set to wide area dynamic freight transportation covering the entire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015313
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Fleet Telematics : Real-time management and planning of commercial vehicle operations
Goel, Asvin (contributor) - 2008
This book combines wireless telematics systems with dynamic vehicle routing algorithms and vehicle-positioning systems to produce a telematics-enabled information system that can be employed by commercial fleet operators for real-time monitoring, control, and planning. The book further presents...
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Potentials for Efficiency Increase in Modern Freight Forwarding
Krajewska, Marta Anna (contributor) - 2008
On the basis of an analysis conducted in a freight forwarding company, Marta Anna Krajewska identifies two levels of improving logistics performance. First, she demonstrates that on the local level the automated operational transportation planning increases the planning quality and influences...
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