Spurred by global macro-economic shifts, commercial and financial turbulence, as well as technological leaps in the early years of the new millennium, the Danish shipping industry has changed dramatically since the turn of the century. This book provides a new understanding of how rapid business...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Changes in maritime labour: Institutional, technological and spatial contexts -- Chapter 2: The human element in power-driven merchant ship propulsion since 1850: The British case -- Chapter 3: Technological change, institutions, and maritime labour:...

This anthology aims to explain why some Nordic shipping companies became world leaders while others failed to respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities of globalization. The authors analyse political and institutional patterns alongside the various corporate responses to the many...