The Impact of Transport On the Competitiveness of National Economy
By Alminas Mačiulis, A. V. Vasiliauskas, Gražvydas Jakubauskas. 2009
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Abstract Transport has always been and remained one of the main driving forces in the economical development of any country including Lithuania. The paper assesses a positive impact of transport on Lithuanian economy in the light of the analysis of the main indicators measuring the success of the transport sector: the share of transport and warehousing sectors to national GDP (%) and the share of the export of transport services in GDP (%). It is also widely acknowledged that transport is going to play a crucial role in economic development in the future, especially in transit‐related transport like the Baltic States. On the other hand, the growth of transport, particularly in road transport, has had a significant impact on congestion, safety and pollution. Therefore, the task of transport decision makers is to find the key for sustainable transport development and reduction of a negative transport impact to sustain the transport sector as the engine of economy. The paper analyses both the positive and ne...
Subfields: Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management
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- A new fuzzy additive ratio assessment method (ARAS‐F). Case study: The analysis of fuzzy multiple criteria in order to select the logistic centers location (2010, background): “The transportation system must work effectively to distribute those goods on customer’s demand (Mačiulis et al. 2009; Vasilis Vasiliauskas and Barysienė 2008).”