Finance?áAnd Risk Management For?áInternational Logistics And The?áSupply Chain

Funding for International Logistics and Supply Chain: Strategies for Finance and Risk Management supplies the tools to navigate the funding components for these critical transportation functions. The international logistics and supply chain transportation fields have received heavy investments over the past two decades, with significant additions made to these fields in overall knowledge, research, and theory. Research and study of the funding for these important business functions, and the associated risks, however, are relatively recent phenomenon. Leading authorities contribute their expertise to help researchers, students and professionals understand how finance supports these critical transportation infrastructure projects and operations, and how to analyze and manage the associated risks. Funding for International Logistics and Supply Chain: Strategies for Finance and Risk Management addresses the wide-ranging issues related to this emerging field, through an international and holistic perspective. Risk management and finance are covered for multiple modes, in addition to coverage of legal and environmental impacts. A detailed overview of financial and risk management tools, activity-based costing, and multi-criteria decision making, provide guidance for those researching and working in logistics and supply chain management who are new to the field of finance and risk. Funding for International Logistics and Supply Chain: Strategies for Finance and Risk Management breaks new ground, combining the expertise of leading authorities to analyze specific risk and financial risk management issues in shipping, logistics, and transportation. 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 Multi-modal approach covers the various aspects of airport and airline finance, seaport investments, and freight systems funding

• | Author: Stephen Gong, Kevin Cullinane
• | Publisher: Elsevier
• | Publication Date: Aug 23, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0128138300
• | ISBN-13: 9780128138304