... from Denmark and Singapore, respectively, those two countries are studied in detail to draw logistics lessons applicable elsewhere. Article type: Comparative/evaluators. Keywords: Asia, Europe, Logistics, Supply-chain management. Content Indicators: Research Implications** Practice Implications** Originality** Readability* International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management Volume 33 Number 1 2003 pp. 36-58 Copyright (c) MCB University Press ISSN 0960-0035 Introduction Asia (Figure 1) is quite diverse but can be divided along economic lines. There are first the industrialized economies of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan[1]; five developing countries (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Thailand) as a second set; and a third division comprising about 35 other nations. South Korea was the industrialized economy most affected by the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. Within Europe (Figure 2), on the other hand, the European Union (EU) is a borderless, powerful economic community whose combined economies already exceed those of the countries in North American Free Trade Agreement. European ...

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