TY - BOOK ID - 218631 TI - Internationalisation of logistics systems : how Chinese and German companies enter foreign markets AU - Straube, Frank AU - Ma, Shihua. AU - Bohn, Michael. PY - 2008 SN - 1281831107 9786611831103 3540769846 354076982X PB - Berlin : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Business logistics KW - Corporations, Chinese KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Corporations, German KW - Capital exports KW - Capital imports KW - FDI (Foreign direct investment) KW - Foreign direct investment KW - Foreign investment KW - Foreign investments KW - International investment KW - Offshore investments KW - Outward investments KW - Capital movements KW - Investments KW - German corporations KW - Supply chain management KW - Industrial management KW - Logistics KW - Chinese corporations KW - Engineering economy. KW - Organization. KW - Production management. KW - Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. KW - Operations Management. KW - Manufacturing management KW - Organisation KW - Management KW - Economy, Engineering KW - Engineering economics KW - Industrial engineering KW - Engineering economics. KW - Planning. KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Executive ability KW - Organization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:218631 AB - Over the past decades the world economy has reached an unprecedented level of global integration. As markets are being liberalised and trade barriers continuously being removed, companies are in an ongoing process of internationalisation. For the internationalisation of business activities, Global Logistics Systems play a significant role. The motivation of this survey is to review companies’ internationalisation procedures from a logistics perspective. What are the challenges of setting up international logistics networks? What are the problems logistics managers must face when entering specific markets? How do managers cope with these challenges to ensure that internationalisation projects will be successful? The research has been undertaken in China and Germany, surveying each country’s companies when going global. ER -