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Course Syllabus

Master 2021/2022

Multimodal Transportation in Global Supply Chains

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type: Compulsory course (Strategic Management of Logistics and Supply Chains in the Digital Economy)
Area of studies: Management
Delivered by: Department of Operations Management and Logistics
Where: Graduate School of Business
When: 1 year, 4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Alexander Kolik
Master’s programme: Стратегическое управление логистикой и цепями поставок в цифровой экономике
Language: English
ECTS credits: 4
Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The program covers the use of multimodal transportation technologies in global supply chains and logistic systems
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Getting the fundamental knowledge on modern intermodal transportation necessary for successful business in logistics and supply chains management
  • Learning the best practices of multimodal transport decisions implementation in supply chains and logistics
  • Understanding the methods of intermodal transportation systems management
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • • Knowledge of factors that had determined the creation and development of the Intermodal concept
  • Knowledge of of principal ideas of intermodal transportation and the basic models of intermodal transport services
  • Understanding the role and principles of infrastructure development in intermodal transport system
  • Understanding the role of different transport modes in modern intermodal systems
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Intermodal concept prerequisites
  • Principal Models and Basic Ideas
  • Global container system
  • Infrastructure of Intermodal Transport System
  • Transport Modes and Intermodalism
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Presentation
    Students make presentations on topics according to the preliminary submitted list
  • non-blocking Intermediate testing
    Students answer the questions of the on-line test after the first half of the course is over
  • blocking Final examination
    Final examination is the written test passed after the course is over
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 4th module
    0.2 * Presentation + 0.2 * Intermediate testing + 0.6 * Final examination
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • A handbook of transport economics, , 2011
  • Air transport, , 2002
  • Anu H. Bask, Jari Juga, & Jouni Laine. (n.d.). 1 Problems and Prospects for Intermodal Transport: Theoretical Tools for Practical Breakthroughs? Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.53DC2D19
  • Concepts of transportation economics, Prentice, B. E., 2016
  • European intermodal freight transport network : Market structure analysis. (2017). Journal of Transport Geography, 60, 141–154. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsnar&AN=edsnar.oai.library.wur.nl.wurpubs.517011
  • Ha, M.-H., Yang, Z., & Lam, J. S. L. (2019). Port performance in container transport logistics: A multi-stakeholder perspective. Transport Policy, (C), 25. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.trapol.v73y2019icp25.40
  • Hammadi, S., & Ksouri, M. (2014). Multimodal Transport Systems. London, U.K.: Wiley-ISTE. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=675731
  • Pourakbar, M., & Zuidwijk, R. A. (2018). The role of customs in securing containerized global supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research, (1), 331. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.ejores.v271y2018i1p331.340
  • Spanjaart, M. (2017). Multimodal Transport Law (Vol. First edition). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1575720

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Żak, J., Hadas, Y., & Rossi, R. (2018). Advanced Concepts, Methodologies and Technologies for Transportation and Logistics. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1547770

Authors

  • KOLIK ALEKSANDR VENIAMINOVICH