Serious problems and risks can be observed in European freight transportation development. However, the transport and logistics sector shows a lack of tradition in utilising systematic innovation management to overcome these problems. Hence, this volume puts forward a specific and comprehensive Systemic Migration-Oriented Innovation Management Method. Within the scope of this research, seven case studies of European freight transport innovations have been conducted using this method. They offer a broad, comprehensive and up-to-date view concerning different carriers, degrees of automation, and corridors across Europe. These case studies demonstrate how implementations of innovations may be performed successfully.
Author(s): Eva Savelsberg (auth.)
Series: RWTHedition
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 252
Tags: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Production/Logistics; Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Traffic; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Civil Engineering; Operations Research/Decision Theory
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Significant Aspects of the Land-Based Long-Distance Freight Market....Pages 7-31
Systemic, Migration Oriented Method of Innovation Management....Pages 33-56
Detailed Presentation of Supportive Tools....Pages 57-87
Case studies – Part I: Innovative Technologies in European Freight Transport....Pages 89-143
Case studies – Part II: Innovations to Improve the Intermodal Transport Chain....Pages 145-204
Case studies – Part III: Logistic Service Innovations....Pages 205-224
Conclusions and Perspectives....Pages 225-237
Back Matter....Pages 239-252
