Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-60). Dissertation 2012. M.A. in China Development Studies (MAChDS)

Thesis (Ph.D.)University of Hong Kong, 2006. Includes bibliographical. Dissertation

Thesis (M.Phil.)University of Hong Kong, 2004. Includes bibliographical. Dissertation

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-155). Dissertation 2000

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-324) and index.
Introducing economic geography -- Approaches to economic geography -- Shaping the capitalist economy : key actors and processes -- Spaces of production and consumption -- The state and the economy -- The changing geography of the multinational corporations -- Changing geographies of work and employment -- Geographies of development -- The uneven geographies of finance -- Commodity chains and global production networks -- Knowledge, creativity and regional development -- Alternative economic geographies -- Conclusion.

Papers from the International Workshop of [sic] Port Cities and Global Supply Chains held in December 2005 in Hong Kong.
1 Introduction / James Wang, Daniel Olivier, Theo Notteboom and Brian Slack --
Part 1: Conceptualization of port-cities and global supply chains --
2 Supply chain and supply chain management: appropriate concepts for maritime studies / Valentina Carbone and Elisabeth Gouvernal --
3 Global supply chain integration and competitiveness of port terminals / Photis M. Panayides --
4 The terminalisation of ports / Brian Slack --
5 Re-assessing port-hinterland relationships in the context of global supply chains / Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue --
Part 2: Shipping networks and port development --
6 The development of global container transhipment terminals / Alfred J. Baird --
7 Mediterranean ports in the global network: how to make the hub and spoke paradigm sustainable? / Enrico Musso and Francesco Parola --
8 Northern European range: shipping line concentration and port hierarchy / Antoine Frémont and Martin Soppé --
9 Factors influencing the landward movement of containers: the cases of Halifax and Vancouver / Robert J. McCalla --
Part 3: Inserting port-cities into global supply chains --
10 Globalization and the port-urban interface: conflicts and opportunities / Yehuda Hayuth --
11 A metageography of port-city relationships / César Ducruet --
12 Chinese port-cities in the global supply chains / James Wang and Daniel Olivier --
13 The economic performance of seaport regions / Peter W. De Langen --
Part 4: Corporate perspectives on the insertion of ports in global supply chains --
14 The success of Asian container port operators: the role of information technology / Daniel Olivier and Francesco Parola --
15 Which link, in which chain? Inserting Durban into global automobile supply chains / Peter V. Hall and Glen Robbins --
16 Sustainable development and corporate strategies of the maritime industry / Claude Comtois and Brian Slack.