Abstract:
The paper is based on a research project with a focus on inter-firm
networks in transport chains and
their territorial embeddednes. The furniture industry in Salling, in
the western part of Denmark, is
characterised by a large number of firms concentrated in a small area.
The firms represents a
regional inter-firm network and a concentration of a specific activity
that influences the transport of
input (wood) to and output (furniture) from the local furniture industry.
The scope of the project has
been to:
- analyse the geography of transport corridors and composition of transport
chains related to the
furniture industry
- identify the location of compentencies (organisationally and geographically)
in the transport
chains connecting the value chain of the furniture industry in Salling
Forfatter:
Forskningsadjunkt Leif Gjesing Hansen, Transportforskningsgruppen,
Handelshøjskolen i
København.
Keywords –dansk:
transportkæder, regioner, planlægning, lokalisering, Viborg
Amt, godstransport
Keywords
transport chains, transport networks, regions, planning, localisation,
freight transport
Session:
Godstransport
År:
1999