Logistics economy

Author: Shuai Bin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Logistics economics is an interdisciplinary and comprehensive economic discipline that studies economic issues in the field of logistics. On one hand, as the research on the various subsystems of logistics deepens, economic issues in the logistics field will become increasingly prominent and important, requiring specialized, systematic, and detailed research. On the other hand, the ultimate goal of logistics system operations is ultimately to reduce costs and create new sources of profit, and logistics issues are essentially economic issues in the end. Based on this background, this book is written according to the needs of undergraduate and graduate teaching, as well as the practical requirements of logistics activities. It focuses on extracting common and regular economic principles and methods in the logistics field for systematic elaboration. During the writing process, the book fully considers combining the commonalities of logistics systems with the professional knowledge required by transportation and logistics management majors, conducting targeted analysis. Therefore, it can serve as a basic textbook for logistics management, transportation, and transportation engineering-related courses, as well as a reference textbook for training of various logistics professionals. At the same time, it can also be used as a reference book for management personnel of production, manufacturing, and logistics enterprises. The book consists of ten chapters, providing a relatively comprehensive and systematic elaboration on the development and research fields of logistics economics, and introduces how to apply economic principles such as technical economics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics to solve economic issues in the logistics field.