The Suez Canal (SC) serves as the shortest maritime transport route from east to west. In the absence of the SC, global trade and transportation costs would increase substantially, impeding the expansion potential of the global economy. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a key component of...

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a key component of China's future international trading network. Through the Suez Canal (SC), the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI) links China to other parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe, making it a major route for global seaborne trade. This is because...

Purpose: The Suez Canal blockage in March 2021 delayed around USD 9.6bn of trade each day. The delay affected more than 400 vessels and likely disrupted further Supply Chain and transport operations even after clearing the blockage. Methodology: The model of this paper has two goals: first,...

The Erie Canal was a mammoth public works project undertaken largely because the scope of the investment was beyond what a private firm could manage during the early 19th century. As with most public works, there were ample opportunities for public officials to realize private gains from the...

We investigate whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities help reduce supply chain disruption risks thanks to supply source diversification strategy-building. The Suez Canal obstruction in March 2021 by the Ever Given container ship provides the empirical setup to identify firms...

The rejuvenation of waterways, including rivers and canals as well as riverbanks, has led to an almost explosive increase in the touristic colonization of these fluvial landscapes. In Europe, navigable rivers once used to transport freight have undergone a tourism inspired renaissance as river...

The essential role of Luigi Negrelli (1799-1858) in planning the Suez Canal project - then realised by tens of thousands of Egyptian and European workers with the commitment of the Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez headed by Ferdinand de Lesseps - was perfectly clear when the work...

This paper estimates medium-term potential growth for a country undergoing significant structural and secular changes. Our forward-looking framework, incorporating three analytical approaches for examining economic prospects, constitutes an important complement to typical backward-looking...

In this period, the Suez Canal was regarded as the navigational and trade route that connects two continents, Asia and Europe. It is an artificial (human-made) waterway system that cuts through the territories of Egypt and serves as the link between two seas - the Mediterranean Sea, from Port...

This paper examines the home production activities of newly formed and long established households in rural New York over a twenty year period after the Erie Canal was built. It shows that newly established households had lower home production activities than long established households resident...

The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal promised to create an integrated waterway system across Europe, linking Black Sea ports to Atlantic markets and giving landlocked Czech nation its own connections to the ocean. The fascinating history of this never-completed project, European Coasts of Bohemia tells...

The Erie Canal was a mammoth public works project undertaken largely because the scope of the investment was beyond what a private firm could manage during the early 19th century. As with most public works, there were ample opportunities for public officials to realize private gains from the...

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu...