Chinese railways : reform and efficiency improvement opportunities
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Bibliographic Information
Chinese railways : reform and efficiency improvement opportunities
(Contributions to economics)
Physica, c2008
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-290)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although huge, Chinese Railways are a bottleneck for economic growth in China. The state-owned enterprise returns a small profit but is severely capacity constrained and burdened with inefficiency. Based on interviews with Chinese experts, benchmarking with railways in the US, Germany, Russia, and Japan as well as broad coverage of Chinese-language sources, the book makes detailed recommendations on how to design a comprehensive turnaround program for Chinese Railways.
Table of Contents
Foundations.- Introduction: China's Need for Efficient Logistics.- The State of China's Logistics Sector and the Role of Chinese Railways.- Methodology for Analysis of Chinese Railways.- The Macro Perspective on Chinese Railways' Efficiency: Railway Reform and Deregulation.- Chinese Railways' Status Quo.- Approaches to Regulation of Railways.- Suggestions for Regulation of Chinese Railways.- The Micro Perspective on Chinese Railways' Efficiency: Improvement of Operational Effectiveness.- Chinese Railways' Current Sources of Inefficiency.- Approaches to Railway Efficiency Improvement.- Suggestions for Improvement of Chinese Railways' Operational Efficiency.- Conclusions.- Conclusions.
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