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Boda bodas: The new form of adventure tourist transportation in Uganda

Ochieng, Amos; Kule, Cosmas - In: Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 14 (2022) 3, pp. 400-416

Abstract Tourist transportation at local destinations has transformed, with the use of motorcycles (Boda …

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Inaccuracy in traffic forecasts: lying or strategizing? : A contextualist analysis of a troubled initiative in the Hong Kong container industry

Dufour, Yvon; Steane, Peter; Wong, Lawrence - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 1 (2009) 1, pp. 7-22

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look into the fate of a troubled initiative in Hong Kong that was developed in the midst of discussions between Beijing and London leading towards the 1997 handover. It sets out to shred new light on the “forecasting gap”: the gap between the...

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Matching volatile demand with transportation services in Vietnam : A case study with Gemadept

Tan, Albert; Hilmola, Olli-Pekka; Binh, Do Huy - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 28 (2016) 1, pp. 160-174

Purpose – Demand for retail transportation is typically volatile, and it is driven by the end of period (month) spiky … transportation operations. Findings – Considerable truck utilization can be achieved even with volatile retail demand environment if …

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Reengineering the seaport container truck hauling process : Reducing empty slot trips for transport capacity improvement

Islam, Samsul; Olsen, Tava; Daud Ahmed, M. - In: Business Process Management Journal 19 (2013) 5, pp. 752-782

contrast with the typical one-company-based optimization. The solution addressed here uses the shared-transportation concept to …

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Competitive industry clusters and transportation in Minnesota

Munnich, Lee W.; Iacono, Michael - In: Competitiveness Review 26 (2016) 1, pp. 25-40

Purpose – This study aims to advance the state of knowledge of the relationship between transportation and economic … development by investigating how firms in competitive industry clusters use transportation networks and what role those networks … qualitative techniques to geographically identify competitive industry clusters and to investigate the role of transportation. The …

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Training needs analysis for bus depot managers at GSRTC

Shah, Hardik; Gopal, Raj - In: European Journal of Training and Development 36 (2012) 5, pp. 527-543

Purpose – With rapid industrialization and population growth in the urban and rural areas in India, the demand for public transport has risen sharply. In the fast changing scenario in the public transit sector, the role of a bus depot manager (DM) has also undergone substantial transformation....

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Towards long‐term foresight for transport: envisioning the Finnish transport system in 2100

Auvinen, Heidi; Tuominen, Anu; Ahlqvist, Toni - In: Foresight 14 (2012) 3, pp. 191-206

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce a process for constructing long‐term visions of the transport system. The vision building process is demonstrated by creating a concise test vision of the Finnish transport system in 2100. Design/methodology/approach – The vision building process...

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Kowloon‐Canton Railway on track for knowledge : Firm learns how to recognize, share and retain intellectual assets

In: Human Resource Management International Digest 16 (2008) 4, pp. 27-29

Purpose – This paper aims to highlights the importance of knowledge management in modern organizations. Design/methodology/approach – Presents a systematic approach to knowledge auditing at Hong Kong‐based Kowloon‐Canton Railway Corporation. Findings – Contends that many...

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Optimizing School Bus Stop Placement in Howard County, Maryland: A GIS-Based Heuristic Approach

Galdi, Michael; Thebpanya, Paporn - In: International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR) 7 (2016) 1, pp. 30-44

In the current system, school bus stops in Howard County, Maryland are manually placed along the school bus routes based on safety, cost-efficiency, and many other variables. With such liberal placement, bus stops are sometimes placed unnecessarily. This issue is prevalent in many school...

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Real-Time Monitoring System for Efficiency and Cost Analysis of Forest Energy Biomass Transportation

Föhr, Jarno; Karttunen, Kalle; Immonen, Mika; Ranta, Tapio - In: International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) 6 (2016) 1, pp. 15-30

-specific transportation monitoring was carried out with the help of a real-time web-based monitoring system. Both smart phones and reader … along the forest chip transportation from the forest roadside storages to the power plant by using either traditional solid …

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