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100 1 _aEVERETT, Sophia
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245 1 0 _aDeregulation, competitive pressures and the emergence of intermodalism
260 _aOxford :
_bBlackwell Publishers Limited,
_cSeptember 2002
520 3 _aDeregulation has dramatically altered the face of Australian industry and associated services throughout the last decade or so. In the transport sector, in particular, changes have been significant and deregulation has led to pervasive changes in market structure, to the actual ownership of infrastructure and to a shift in strategic focus from a public utility to one of commercial viability and market orientation. Competitive pressures in the transporte sector as a result of deregulation have meant that traditional public sector organisations such as railways and ports have been transformed. A major impact of these developments has been that transport operators, in an endeavour either to maintain or capture market share, have been forced to restructure and refocus and, in the face of growing competititon, have been forced to reinvent themselves and move increasingly towards the provision of an integrated intermodal service. Rail operators are now no longer simple linehaut operators in container or bulk freight markets but have become market-focused third-party service providers of a range of integrated functions
773 0 8 _tAustralian Journal of Public Administration
_g61, 3, p. 19-26
_dOxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, September 2002
_xISSN 0313-6647
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