Transport and Logistics as Network Competencies in a Localized Industrial Cluster

Leif Gjesing Hansen
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Leif Gjesing Hansen: Roskilde University

Chapter 10 in Transport Developments and Innovations in an Evolving World, 2004, pp 191-209 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is hardly surprising that space matters in terms of industrial organization, not only in terms of mere physical distance in relation to accessibility to supplies and markets (Weber 1909), but also in terms of accessibility to general socioeconomic resources (Dicken 1992). Analyses of the spatial organization of industries and networks of firms often focus on production and distribution systems formed by the material flows of production and distribution units. However, the significance of transport operations and activities, connecting the individual production units together in a network of material flows, is often underestimated, and transport seen only as a derived demand activity.

Keywords: Material Flow; Industrial District; Freight Transport; Transport Operator; External Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24827-9_10

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