This article is founded on 426 investigated companies, dealing with road freight transport. The respondents were both from trucking companies, dealing exclusively with trucking and transport units of manufacturing enterprises which use transport as a supplementary activity [building industry,...

Although global changes like political security, depletion of natural resources,energy supply and global warming are affecting all continents; Africa strugglethe most to cope with these changes. This is due to the many historicalimpediments that Africa still has to overcome. Examples of these...

This study investigates whether factors within transaction cost economics such as information asymmetry influence inter-firm relationships. The research proposes that when factors such as high levels of information sharing is present; firms are more likely to engage in more complex relationships...

Logistikansiedlungen können einen großen Flächenbedarf und erhebliche Verkehrswirkungen aufweisen und sollten daher in den Fokus der Regionalplanung rücken. Die Arbeit beinhaltet empirische Planungsgrundlagen in Form von Nutzungs- und Verkehrskennwerten für Logistikbetriebe und...

Transport systems in the UK are facing severe problems of congestion, rising energy use andpollution. One response to this is the move from local authorities to gradually introduce TravelDemand Management (TDM)1 strategies, but these measures involve a complicated set ofinstitutions, processes,...

This paper assesses whether disparities in regional public infrastructure endowments can explain regional disparities in labor productivity among European regions. Using a large sample of European regions, I distinguish the effects of overall infrastructure endowment from the effect of three...

The European Union and the United States have the largest trading relationship in the world, comprising about 60% of world trade (Perdikis and Read 267). They are also the greatest proponents of trade liberalization and multilateral trade cooperating in the world. Boeing was the undisputed king...

In the last decade or so, the EU has adopted a number of legislation aimed at liberalising network industries and developing an EU-level regulatory framework for those industries. Against this background, we examine the extent of liberalisation and the nature of market performance in a group of...

This paper challenges the idea that the US economy has corresponded to a laissez-faire model. Broadly speaking, this lack of fit between the model and empirical reality results from ideology and culture. Liberalism has been and is a cornerstone of American identity. But the discursive practice...

This paper assesses whether disparities in regional public infrastructure endowments can explain regional disparities in labor productivity among European regions. Using a large sample of European regions, I distinguish the effects of overall infrastructure endowment from the effect of three...