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Author Theotokas, Giannēs

Title Leadership in world shipping : Greek family firms in international business / Ioannis Theotokas and Gelina Harlaftis
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages)
Contents List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: SHIPOWNERS, COMPANIES AND SHIPPING -- International Freight Markets and Greek-owned Shipping, 1945-2000 -- The Division of Freight Markets -- World Sea-borne Trade -- The International Fleet and Freight Markets -- The Greek-owned Shipping Companies -- Greek-owned Shipping Companies -- The Size of Shipping Companies -- The Fragmentation of the Shipping Companies -- The Economic Background of 'Non Traditional Shipowners' -- The Business Philosophy of Greek Shipowners -- Family Companies -- Strategies of Greek Shipping Companies -- Cost Leadership and Competitiveness -- Choice of Flags and Maritime Labour -- Innovation and Competitiveness -- Investment Strategy -- Greek and British Shipping Companies -- Network and Family -- Organizational and Managerial Patterns -- Entrepreneurial Methods -- Shipping Companies, the Economy and the State -- Shipping Capital and Greek Economy -- The Piraeus Maritime Centre -- Greek State and Shipping -- PART II: FAMILY SHIPPING BUSINESSES
Summary In post-war Greece shipowners became a myth, dazzling the international jetset and filling the columns of glossy magazines. This book offers some interpretations on their success and the growth of Greek shipping in the second half of the twentieth century. It examines these in the context of the globalization process of the world economy as well as in the dynamism of family firms in international business. This book enhances the knowledge on the fundamental factors of Greek entrepreneurship in family businesses and provides new evidence for the international path of the shipping companies of about 150 Greek families. It deals with the competitiveness of Greek shipping family firms in the international markets analyzing their organization, management and strategies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Greek into English
Print version record
Subject Shipping companies (Marine transportation) -- Greece
Shipping companies (Marine transportation) -- Greece -- Management
Family-owned business enterprises -- Greece
Entrepreneurship -- Greece
Success in business -- Greece
TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
Entrepreneurship
Family-owned business enterprises
Shipping companies (Marine transportation)
Success in business
Familjeföretag -- Grekland.
Sjöfart -- Grekland.
Entreprenörskap -- Grekland.
Framgångsrikt företagande.
Greece
Form Electronic book
Author Harlaftis, Gelina, 1958-
ISBN 9780230233539
0230233538
9781349366293
1349366293