Logistics and Supply Chains in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets hold the key to the advancement of the global logistics industry over the next twenty years. While developed economies struggle to come to terms with huge levels of debt, newly industrialized markets are showing strong growth prospects as manufacturers and investors look at low cost production locations. This, in turn, has led to urbanization and the rise of more affluent middle classes in regions such as the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

John Manners-Bell, Thomas Cullen, and Cathy Roberson analyze the key trends affecting the development of emerging markets: the social, economic and political context; the reasons behind their integration within the global trading economy; and the main challenges (security, corruption and transportation infrastructure). The authors include individual sections on the BRIC transport and logistics sectors, as well as prospects for Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. They also provide a survey section showing the best markets to invest in and a downloadable index comparing the world's major developing logistics markets on a number of different metrics identifying the key attributes that make the markets an attractive investment proposition.

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Logistics and Supply Chains in Emerging Markets

Emerging markets hold the key to the advancement of the global logistics industry over the next twenty years. While developed economies struggle to come to terms with huge levels of debt, newly industrialized markets are showing strong growth prospects as manufacturers and investors look at low cost production locations. This, in turn, has led to urbanization and the rise of more affluent middle classes in regions such as the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

John Manners-Bell, Thomas Cullen, and Cathy Roberson analyze the key trends affecting the development of emerging markets: the social, economic and political context; the reasons behind their integration within the global trading economy; and the main challenges (security, corruption and transportation infrastructure). The authors include individual sections on the BRIC transport and logistics sectors, as well as prospects for Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. They also provide a survey section showing the best markets to invest in and a downloadable index comparing the world's major developing logistics markets on a number of different metrics identifying the key attributes that make the markets an attractive investment proposition.

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Overview

Emerging markets hold the key to the advancement of the global logistics industry over the next twenty years. While developed economies struggle to come to terms with huge levels of debt, newly industrialized markets are showing strong growth prospects as manufacturers and investors look at low cost production locations. This, in turn, has led to urbanization and the rise of more affluent middle classes in regions such as the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

John Manners-Bell, Thomas Cullen, and Cathy Roberson analyze the key trends affecting the development of emerging markets: the social, economic and political context; the reasons behind their integration within the global trading economy; and the main challenges (security, corruption and transportation infrastructure). The authors include individual sections on the BRIC transport and logistics sectors, as well as prospects for Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. They also provide a survey section showing the best markets to invest in and a downloadable index comparing the world's major developing logistics markets on a number of different metrics identifying the key attributes that make the markets an attractive investment proposition.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780749472405
Publisher: Kogan Page, Ltd
Publication date: 09/28/2014
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Manners-Bell is the CEO of Transport Intelligence, a leading supplier of market solutions to the global logistics industry and advisor to the World Economic Forum, UN and the European Commission. He is also Visiting Professor at the London Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law, London Metropolitan University. Prior to establishing Transport Intelligence, he worked as a consultant and an analyst specializing in international trade, transportation and logistics. He is the author of Global Logistics Strategies and Supply Chain Risk (Kogan Page).

Thomas Cullen is a Senior Analyst at Transport Intelligence, a global logistcs market research company. 

Cathy Roberson is an experienced professional in knowledge management.  She is currently a Senior Analyst at Transport Intelligence.  Previously, she spent was a marketing analyst at UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
About this book
Acknowledgements

Introduction

01 Key trends affecting development of emerging markets
Introduction
Globalization and emerging markets
Prospects for China
Re-shoring and near-sourcing
The re-emergence of Japan
Manufacturer/retailer supply chain strategies in emerging markets
Regional trade patterns

02 Emerging market trade and development
Emerging market trade lanes
Trade lane analysis

03 The main challenges for emerging markets
Direct barriers to logistics
Indirect barriers to logistics in emerging markets
Economic volatility

04 Investment by global logistics companies in emerging markets
Logistics market investment opportunities
The Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index

05 Industry sector logistics in emerging markets
Automotive
Healthcare
High tech
Consumer goods
Retailing
The Middle East

06 Emerging market survey: which are the best markets to invest in?
Perceived major logistics markets of the future
Factors behind the potential emergence of markets
Supply chain risks
Least attractive markets
Prospects for emerging markets
Regional prospects
Prospects of emerging trade lanes
Prospects of vertical sectors
Markets for potential investments in the next five years
Prospects of the Arab Spring countries
Developments in sub-Saharan Africa
Factors inhibiting e-commerce growth in emerging markets
Shifting production
Growth prospects of BRICS economies
Prospects for the global economy and trade volumes

07 Asia: China, India and South East Asia
China
India
South East Asia

08 Middle East and Africa
The Middle East as a hub for emerging markets
Iran: a future emerging market?
Important industry sectors
Africa

09 Mexico and Brazil
Mexico
Brazil

10 Russia and Turkey
Russia
Turkey

11 Future trends for emerging markets
Urbanization and mega-cities
The impact of robotics and automation on logistics
E-commerce and logistics in emerging markets

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