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Intermodal transport as a regional development strategy: the case of Italian freight villages.

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Monios, J. (2015)
Intermodal transport as a regional development strategy: the case of Italian freight villages. Growth and Change, 47(3), 363-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12129
This paper examines the development of intermodal transport operations at freight villages in Italy. Quantitative data on public and private investment and ownership in each o...

Using a “virtual joint venture” to facilitate the adoption of intermodal transport.

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Monios, J., & Bergqvist, R. (2015)
Using a “virtual joint venture” to facilitate the adoption of intermodal transport. Supply chain management, 20(5), 534-548. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-02-2015-0051
Purpose The supply chain literature discusses various models of supply chain collaboration and integration. When applied to logistics, each has been shown to exhibit different...

The production of capitalist “smooth” space in global port operations

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Wilmsmeier, G., & Monios, J. (2015)
The production of capitalist “smooth” space in global port operations. Journal of Transport Geography, 47, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.06.016
New developments in a post-Fordist economic environment have changed the source of port competitiveness from economies of scale based on basic production factors (capital, lan...

Identifying governance relationships between intermodal terminals and logistics platforms.

Journal Article
Monios, J. (2015)
Identifying governance relationships between intermodal terminals and logistics platforms. Transport Reviews, 35(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2015.1053103
Governance theory examines different ways of managing resources and relationships in order to achieve a desired outcome. This paper applies governance theory to intermodal ter...

Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico

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Wilmsmeier, G., Monios, J., & Rodrigue, J. (2015)
Drivers for Outside-In port hinterland integration in Latin America: The case of Veracruz, Mexico. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 14, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.013
This paper examines the spatial and institutional characteristics of inland port development in Latin America, through an analysis of a detailed case study of the port of Vera...

Integrating intermodal transport with logistics: a case study of the UK retail sector.

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Monios, J. (2015)
Integrating intermodal transport with logistics: a case study of the UK retail sector. Transportation Planning and Technology, 38(3), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2015.1008798
Retail traffic is one of the main drivers for the growth of intermodal transport services in the UK. The aim of this paper is to understand the key factors underpinning this m...

Operational constraints on effective governance of intermodal transport

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Monios, J., & Bergqvist, R. (2015)
Operational constraints on effective governance of intermodal transport. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 14, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2015.01.001

The impact of container type diversification on regional British port development strategies

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Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2014)
The impact of container type diversification on regional British port development strategies. Transport Reviews, 34, 583-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2014.946457
Despite a concentration of container traffic in the southeast of the UK over the last few decades, regional ports are attempting new development strategies to capture or retai...

Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: between flows and spaces.

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Ng, A. K. Y., Ducruet, C., Jacobs, W., Monios, J., Notteboom, T., Rodrigue, J., …Wilmsmeier, G. (2014)
Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: between flows and spaces. Journal of Transport Geography, 41, 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.08.012
Port research is not a new field of interest for human geographers, evidenced by numerous conceptual models and empirical cases of port evolution and development in the litera...

The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals

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Bergqvist, R., & Monios, J. (2014)
The role of contracts in achieving effective governance of intermodal terminals. World review of intermodal transportation research, 5(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1504/writr.2014.065040
Public sector actors often provide financial or planning support to intermodal terminal developments with the aim of achieving societal benefits through modal shift from road ...