Chinese Railways

by Luger, Katrin

• ISBN13: 9783790820010
• ISBN10: 3790820016
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-04
• Publisher: Physica Verlag

Summary

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	p. 1
Introduction: China's Need for Efficient Logistics	p. 3
The State of China's Logistics Sector and the Role of Chinese Railways	p. 9
Methodology for Analysis of Chinese Railways	p. 43
The Macro Perspective on Chinese Railways' Efficiency: Railway Reform and Deregulation	p. 71
Chinese Railways' Status Quo	p. 73
Approaches to Regulation of Railways	p. 93
Suggestions for Regulation of Chinese Railways	p. 159
The Micro Perspective on Chinese Railways' Efficiency: Improvement of Operational Effectiveness	p. 177
Chinese Railways' Current Sources of Inefficiency	p. 179
Approaches to Railway Efficiency Improvement	p. 217
Suggestions for Improvement of Chinese Railways' Operational Efficiency	p. 243
Conclusions	p. 257
Conclusions	p. 259
List of Abbreviations	p. 267
References	p. 271
Appendix	p. 291
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