Kost-rom sammentrekning
7 november 2006
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Mens fly, biler, telefoner og mange andre moderne elektroniske medier skapte en tid-rom sammentrekning, er kost-rom sammentrekning en av de fremste makro-effektene av containertransport:
“Container shipping thrives on volume: the more containers moving through a port or traveling on a ship or train, the lower the cost per box. Places with lower demand or poorer infrastructure will face higher transport costs and will be far less attractive manufacturing sites for the global market….African countries with inefficient ports and little containership services are at such a transport-cost disadvantage that even rock-bottom labor costs will not attract investments in manufacturing.”, The Box, s. 269








[...] Det akademiske tidsskrifte Managment har en anmeldelse av den tidligere nevnte boken (Her, her og her.) om containerens historie, The Box. Les anmeldese. [...]
[...] også: Mer om containere, Geriatrisk håndbok, Kost-rom sammentrekning, Whiskey Galore, Storbyhavnen og Containeren 50 [...]
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