Centre for Maritime Logistics, Economics and Finance (CEMLEF)
The central vision of the CEMLEF is to take forward the principles of sustainable enterprise which form a core of the University's research strategy to synthesise knowledge generation, knowledge transfer, social science underpinning, practice and skills development through interdisciplinary research both within the social sciences and beyond, and apply them in the areas of logistics, economics and finance.
The Centre includes three specific, distinct but inter-related strands:
- International Logistics: The governance of international logistics and supply chain management in a sustainable and globalised environment. Research is focussed upon the developing and transitional economies which by definition are commonly geographically, socially, politically and economically peripheral to centres of decision-making and wealth. This key theme therefore concentrates upon international logistics and supply chain management, developing/transitional economies and peripherality; and how they interact in the context of globalisation, sustainability, governance, risk and security.
- Economics: Research focuses on three inter-related themes: environmental sustainability, regional growth and international policy evaluation. Recent projects have examined environmental policy in open economies; environmental taxation and the economics of energy efficiency; spatial aspects of economic diversity, technological spillovers and personal insolvency; the evaluation of EU regional policy and optimal international environmental agreements.
- Finance: The governance of risk management and financial derivatives; exchange risk; risk premia across stock markets; value relevance; gearing in the UK; business risks in emerging markets; competitive advantage; banking systems; capital structures and abnormal earnings; international dividend policies in the context of a globalised and sustainable market for finance; oil pricing and shipping finance; international equities and corporate governance.
This research focus upon sustainability, governance, risk, the logistics and supply chain management sector, economics and finance in an increasingly globalised world, is intensely international interdisciplinary and enterprise orientated with a strong theoretical and practical basis.
CEMLEF has been formed by the merger of the International Logistics and Supply Chain Management Research Unit (ILSCMRU) and Economics and Finance Research Unit (EFRU).
Visit the School of Management
Seminar Series in Contemporary Management and Business Research webpage for information about the research seminars taking place in the 2011-2011 academic year.
