
Finance and Risk Management for International Logistics and the Supply Chain
Description
Key Features
- Provides a valuable reference covering the full slate of financial issues of interest to global players in the international transport, logistics and supply chain industries
- Covers a truly international perspective, addressing a diverse variety of worldwide transport, logistics and supply chain contexts
- Features finance and risk-management strategies related to the banking industry, exchange rates, fuel prices, climate-related funding, freight derivatives and legal aspects
Readership
Transportation researchers involved in planning, modeling, and economics, and senior undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in transportation programs; Practitioners, analysts, venture capitalists, and consultants employed in private sector transportation interests, such as freight companies, airlines, and equipment manufacturers. Government entities, such as state and federal departments of transportation
Table of Contents
- 1. Editorial: Finance and Risk Management for International Logistics and the Supply Chain
2. Supply Chain Finance and Risk Management: A Selective Survey and Research Agenda
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Supply Chain Finance: What Is It, and What Do We (Not) Know?
2.3 Avenues for Future Research in Supply Chain Finance
2.4 Supply Chain Risk Management
2.5 An Integrated and Multidisciplinary Approach to Supply Chain Finance and Risk Management
2.6 Summary and Conclusions
3. Different Perspectives on Supply Chain Finance—In Search of a Holistic Approach
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definitions and Conceptual Model
3.3 Supply Chain Finance From a Logistics Service Perspective
3.4 Supply Chain Finance From a Finance Perspective
3.5 Supply Chain Finance From a Legal Perspective
3.6 Discussion and Theoretical Extension
3.7 Conclusion
4. Modeling Risks in Supply Chains
4.1 A Menagerie of Misfortunes
4.2 Quadrants of Catastrophes: Impact and Likelihood
4.3 Assessing Supplier Risks
4.4 Prioritizing Suppliers by Risk
4.5 Deeper Risks: Commercial Connectivity and Spatial Business Risks
4.6 A Bigger Picture Risk Model for Bigger Risks
5. The Evolution of Modern Ship Finance
5.1 Background
5.2 Beginnings
5.3 Colonial Times
5.4 Industrialization
5.5 The 20th Century
5.6 Corporate Finance
5.7 Conclusions
6. Investor Sentiment, Earnings Growth, and Volatility: Strategies for Finance in International Shipping
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sentiment Index for Shipping Market Investors
6.3 The Effect of Investor Sentiment on Shipping Earnings and Volatility
6.4 Conclusion
7. Tail Risks in Credit, Commodity, and Shipping Markets
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Literature Review
7.3 Methodology
7.4 Data and Descriptive Statistics
7.5 Empirical Findings
7.6 Robustness Check
7.7 Concluding Remarks
8. Financing Ships of Innovative Technology
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Availability of Ship Finance
8.3 The Premium of Innovation
8.4 The Impact on Capital Expenses and Export Credit Schemes
8.5 The Issue of the Aftermarket
8.6 Interesting Cases
8.7 Concluding Remarks
9. Operational and Financial Management in Agricultural Cooperatives
9.1 Definition, Principles, and Features of Cooperatives
9.2 Quality Management and Practice Changes
9.3 Financial Management and Capital Structure Innovations
9.4 New Zealand Agricultural Co-ops
9.5 Summary and Future Research
10.Cold-Chain Systems in China and Value-Chain Analysis
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Overview of Cold-Chain Markets and Supply Chain Challenges
10.3 Perishable Products, Cold-Chain System, and Value Chain Analysis
10.4 Supply Chain Integration Strategy of the Cold-Chain System
10.5 Cases in China
10.6 Conclusions
11.Choosing Cross-Border Financial Guarantee Instruments— Economic Implications and Hidden Risks
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Institutional Pressure
11.3 Transport Risks
11.4 Financial Guarantee Models
11.5 Summary of Literature
11.6 Case Study—The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Region
11.7 Discussion and Conclusions
12.Regional Effects of Port Free Economic Zones on Real Estate Speculation: A Korean Case Study
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Speculation and Free Economic Zones: Case Study Motivations
12.3 Case Study Selection, Methodology and Data
12.4 Data Analysis and Results
12.5 Discussion and Conclusions
13.Risk Management in the Airline Industry
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Literature Review
13.3 Airline Risks and Risk Management
13.4 The Impact of Jet Fuel Cost, Passenger Demand, and Unemployment Rate on Airlines’ Capacity Decisions: An Empirical Study
13.5 An Integrated Approach to Airline Risk Management
13.6 Conclusions and Future Research
Product details
- No. of pages: 342
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2018
- Published: August 23, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128138311
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128138304
About the Editors
Stephen Gong
Affiliations and Expertise
Kevin Cullinane
Affiliations and Expertise
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Professor H. Wed Nov 28 2018
one of its kind...
An outstanding effort by two leading colleagues. Most enjoyable and informative reading.