Shipping Strategy

Innovating for Success
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-76149-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 580 g

The shipping industry has an impact on each and every one of us every day. Ships transport the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the cars we drive, the materials used to build our homes, and the fuel that heats them. Yet traditional shipping companies - ones that combine various aspects of shipping under one organizational roof - are on the decline. They are gradually being replaced by new, more specialized companies with more strategic clarity and managerial focus. In Shipping Strategy, first published in 2009, Peter Lorange draws on his extensive experience in the shipping industry to show how companies can adapt to the fast-moving and volatile world of maritime business by devising strategies for future success, including specialization and innovation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lorange, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of exhibits; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I. World Shipping: The Context: 1. Drivers of change in the shipping industry; 2. Major shipping markets; 3. Shipping freight rates; 4. Shipping industry clusters; Part II. Strategic Archetypes in Shipping: 5. Specialized strategies; 6. Owning steel; 7. Using steel; 8. Operating steel; 9. Innovating around steel; Part III. The Firm's Portfolio Strategy: 10. Portfolio management; 11. Risk and revenue management; Part IV. In Conclusion: 12. Two unique issues in shipping - family and governance; 13. In the end … a question of management capabilities; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Lorange, Peter
Peter Lorange is the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Professor of International Shipping at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He retired as President of IMD in 2008, is a former president of the Norwegian School of Management and, before this, was affiliated to the Wharton School, Pennsylvania. Professor Lorange is the former owner of a Norwegian shipping company and is also a board member of several shipping firms. He has written or edited 15 books and some 110 articles on the topics of global strategic management, strategic planning and entrepreneurship for growth. His most recent book is Thought Leadership Meets Business (Cambridge, 2008).