The scope of this book is to present the cornerstones of a modern transportation law embedded in a modern logistics and supply chain environment. For this purpose, internationally leading experts write contributions on specific topics of transportation law. The authors compare different legal approaches and present conceptually convincing answers. In addition, they discuss unsolved issues in transportation law. In a first step, the challenges and chances regarding the transformation of the transportation market will be illustrated. Subsequently, several key topics such as the basic principles in transportation law, regulative frameworks form digital freight documents and a look towards a modern logistics will be covered. In conclusion, the insights for a reform in Swiss transportation law reform are identified.

We live in a chaotic world. Some of the chaos results from poor decision-making (e.g., Enron, Arthur Andersen, WorldCom). Yet other aspects of chaos (war, terrorist attacks, etc.) are beyond a firm's control. This book demonstrates that firm growth is more dependent on how a firm develops its resource base over time. Examining actual firm growth in several industries, with a focus on trucking, the airline industry, and the North American railroad industry, Pettus shows that a specific resource sequencing leads to higher firm growth than other sequencing patterns. This sequencing pattern is similar across transportation industries, and the pattern may be applicable to other industries. Decisions that firms make with respect to how resources are developed must balance the need for growth in the current time period with the need for growth over the long term. Firms can build sustainable growth by developing resources in a specific sequence; in essence, firms have control over their growth, even when confronted with ever-changing environmental conditions.