Enabling Global Trade above the Clouds
Restructuring Processes and Information Technology in the Transatlantic Air-Cargo Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4142191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guido Schwarz (Clark University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1463-1485 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a3852 |
| OpenAlex | W2051903108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 42 |
Neither conventional economic geography nor transport geography have paid sufficient attention to the restructuring of the logistics industry. As anecdotal evidence mounts in the business literature about revolutionary changes taking place in the distributive sectors of the economy, more analysis from a geographic perspective is needed. Among transport modes, air cargo is unique because it is one of the backbones of global trade for many commodities. The author analyzes the transformations affecting the transatlantic (USA-Europe) air-cargo market, focusing on the changing roles of the different types of firms in the industry in performing the functions necessary for the transportation of goods by air and for processing associated information. The importance of information handling, processing, and transmittal has been amplified relative to transportation functions, redefining the interrelationship between the physical space of goods flows and the virtual space of information flows. As a result, functional integration and consolidation have become the dominant processes for future industry development, leading to market concentration and the emergence of growing cargo-hub airports
Air cargo · Air transport · Business · Commerce · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Industrial organization · International trade · Restructuring · Transport engineering · Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Transport and Economic Policies · Finance
World City Network
The death of distance
Global Shift
Global Networks, Linked Cities
Air cargo services and the electronics industry in Southeast Asia
Air cargo services in Asian industrialising economies
The transport geography of logistics and freight distribution
The geographic effects of US airline alliances
Transportation and spatial cycles
Satellite terminals
Transport terminals
The challenge of peripheral ports
The end of geography or the explosion of place? Conceptualizing space, place and information technology
Land for Logistics
Air Cargo Services, the State and Industrialization Strategies in the Philippines
Destroying the Myth of Vertical Integration in the Japanese Electronics Industry
Hierarchical Tendencies and Regional Patterns in the World City Network
Technological Change and the Concentration of the U.S. General Cargo Port System
Intermodal freight terminals
The Geography of Deregulation in the U.S. Airline Industry
Globalization and the Corporate Geography of Cities in the Less-Developed World
Manufacturing Systems and Technological Change
Between Physical and Electronic Spaces
The Spaces and Times of Globalization
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2019 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |