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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
Managing risk together
Purchasing theory... I have to admit it's not one of my particular strongholds, but several of my re[...]
Building the resilient supply chain
Following up last weeks post on a 2003 UK report on supply chain resilience, here is another "spin-o[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book review: Transport - Economics and Management
Kept at an executive level, Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective by David A. Hensher a[...]
Book Review: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
This book by Martin Christopher, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, is one of the better if [...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Global Resilience Index
The 2015 FM Global Resilience Index provides an annual ranking of 130 countries and territories acco[...]
Critical Infrastructure and Resilience
What happens when a business is disabled for a length of time? What are the impacts on its profitabi[...]
from HERE and THERE
How the wrong people can ruin a supply chain
People are what makes organizations work, or in some cases, not work. Just as the "ordinary" supply [...]
ArcView Network Analyst Tutorial
The ArcView Network Analyst (AVNA is extension module for ArcView GIS. This tutorial was developed b[...]