Concepts of Transportation Economics (ePub)

Barry E Prentice was instrumental in founding a major in transportation and logistics within the B. Comm. (Hons.) program at the I H Asper School of Business (Fall 2003). Since that time, a new Department of Supply Chain Management has been formed, and in 2006, a MSc program in supply chain management was initiated. Barry E Prentice has served on the Boards of Directors of several transportation organizations: National Transportation Week (President, 2001 and 2003), Canadian Institute for Traffic and Transportation (Honorary President, 2001–3) and the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (President, 1997). In 2005, he co-founded ISO Polar, a not-for-profit research institute, to promote the use of airships as sustainable transport for the northern latitudes. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Transportation Research Forum. In addition, Barry E Prentice has served on the Board of Winnipeg Airports Authority, Inc. (1998–2003), Winnipeg TransPlan 2010, the Mid-Continent International Trade Corridor Task Force, the Rapid Transit Task Force, Council of Canadian Academies (2012–14), Statistics Canada Industry Advisory Committee (2010–present), expert committees, and is frequently asked to speak on the topics of trade and transportation.

Darren Prokop is a Professor of Logistics in the College of Business and Public Policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He is also the director of the Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management Program. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Manitoba in 1999. Prior to his academic career, Darren Prokop worked in the government as an economist and in the private sector in inventory planning. Darren Prokop specializes in transportation economics and its effects on international trade and transportation security. He has published seminal research in leading academic journals with topics ranging from the microfoundations of logistics to air cargo logistics to supply chain security modelling. He has contributed chapters to many books in his field and edited a collection of readings for the two-volume, The Business of Transportation (Praeger).

Darren Prokop is an active consultant to both governments and businesses. Promi