| Spring 2008 UMASS
Amherst Operations Research / Management Science Seminar Series |
Date: Friday, February 15, 2008 Time: 11:00 AM Location: Isenberg School of Management, Room 210 |
| Speaker: Dr. Denise Sumpf United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand |
| Biography: Denise Sumpf received her
doctoral degree (summa cum laude) from the Department of Strategy,
Organization and Leadership at the European Business School,
Oestrich-Winkel (Germany). Her research interests span from strategic
management issues such as post-merger integration management to
decision-making problems such as perceptual biases. After working as a
consultant for the private sector, she joined the United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in 2005.
Currently working in the Transport Facilitation Section, Denise focuses
on the analysis of transport corridors and transport routes as well as
on the implementation of projects concerned with the establishment of
interregional land and land-cum-sea transport linkages that enable
economic and social development in landlocked and transit countries. |
| TITLE: The Development of
Transport Corridors in Asia |
| Abstract: Functioning modes of transport
with a high degree of connectivity embedded in interregional networks
are enabling factors for trade and market access. Transport
development, addressing both infrastructure development and transport
facilitation measures, is a complex endeavor depending on political,
economic, social and environmental factors. However, the improvement of
regional transport corridors and transport networks, such as the Asian
Highway Network and the Trans-Asian-Railway Network supports the
integration of landlocked and transit countries by enabling access to
global markets and, in turn, promoting economic growth and regional
cooperation, which may strengthen regional political/democratic
stability and may improve global security. The presentation will
discuss the approach to transport development (especially transport
corridors) as pursued by international organizations in Asia. |
| This series is organized by the
UMASS Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. Support for this series is
provided by the Isenberg School of Management, the Department of
Finance and Operations Management, INFORMS, and the John F. Smith
Memorial Fund. For questions, please contact the INFORMS Student Chapter Speaker Series Coordinator, Ms. Trisha Woolley, twoolley@som.umass.edu |