Journal of International Logistics and Trade: Volume 4 Issue 2 , Open Access

Analyzing the productivity of Korea and China’s road freight transport industry: A nonparametric Malmquist approach

Hun-Koo Ha, Sang-Won Lee, Zhao Cheng

The objectives of this paper are to estimate the annual Malmquist TFP(total factor productivity) index of Korea and China’s road freight transport with DEA(data envelope analysis…

Port-city relationships in Europe and Asia

César Ducruet

This paper investigates the nature of port-city relationships in two major port regions of the world, Europe and Asia. Although this issue is well analyzed through either isolated…

Implications of growing electronic commerce for freight transportation: A case study of the United States

Minyoung Park, Jung Ung Min, Sang-Yoon Lee

Recent advancements in information and communication technologies have led to the rapid growth of electronic commerce market. In the United States, e-commerce retail sales for…

Energy economics and trade for the European Union: The role of seaborne transport

Kyriaki Mitroussi

Energy is a driving force of economic development in the modern world, while as a commodity group it holds the greatest share of the world seaborne trade. Oil, natural gas and…

The Growth of International Trade in Services in Developing Countries:Some Implications

Prabir De

Services trade has registered a dynamic evolution in almost all developing countries. Despite the rising share in world services trade by developing countries, the gap between…

Trends in international investment flows: Foreign direct investment in Mongolia

Baasankhuu Ganzorig, Dashnyam Nachin

Despite the worldwide stagnation in FDI, interest in Mongolia on the part of foreign investors, especially those from East Asia, North America, has grown over the last few years…