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D-Day for Norway’s Transport Infrastructure

Norway’s transport infrastructure is way behind much of Europe, but today Norway’s government is presenting it’s development plans for the Norwegian transport infrastructure for 2010 to 2019 (Nasjonal Transportplan 2010-2019).

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The worst roads in the world’s richest country

It is not the planning authorities or the central government who decides infrastructure development in Norway, but the local politicians. To put it simple, what in the US is known as “pork barrel spending” is what rules many of Norway’s infrastructure development projects. Why?

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
SCM: Past, Present and Future
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Mitigating Supply Chain Vulnerability
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Supply Chain Logistics Risk in Germany
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Book Review: Managing Risk and Security
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REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Saving Norway's crumbling infrastructure
NTP 2010-2019
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