Based on five years fieldwork it is a timely analysis of the current status of logistics and its future role in European business.

DR James Cooper is Director of the Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Transportation, where he specializes in intetnational logistics.

Michael Browne is BRS Professor of Transport at the Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster, where he teaches freight transport and logistics on the Master's programme.

Melvyn Peters is a Teaching Fellow in the Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Transportation.