Inter-Firm Relationships and Shipping Services: The Case of Car Carriers and Automobile Importers to the United States

This paper provides a descriptive statistical analysis of proprietary automobile import data, supplemented by interviews with corporate informants conducted by the authors and extracts from the business press. Provided is a primer on the car carrier industry that highlights the increasing degree of corporate concentration. Concentration processes have led to dominance by a few Japanese and Scandinavian carriers. The paper then focuses on the structure of Japanese conglomerates and their inter-firm relationships, and provides a theoretical discussion of inter-firm network formation. The main governance regimes in the trade are also summarized.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/2899960
• Authors:
  • Hall, Peter V
  • Olivier, Daniel
• Publication Date: 2005-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 279-295
• Serial:
  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Volume: 32
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-8839
  • EISSN: 1464-5254
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tmpm20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile dealers; Cargo handling; Freight handling; Imports; International trade; International transportation; Shipping
• Uncontrolled Terms: Automobile carriers; Importers
• Geographic Terms: Japan; Scandinavia; United States
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01006594
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 17 2005 2:47PM