Yitbarek, Takele (PhD)Gobu, Eticha2019-10-182023-11-042019-10-182023-11-042019-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19490A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa College of Business and Economics School of Management in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in ManagementThe global economic development has widened, deepened and accelerated, by the freight transport service and international trade flow systems in global context had to adapt. The service has plays a key role in terms of ensuring economic growth and maximizing social development as well as the system has a key element in logistics chain, to joins the separated activities and adapting the process of conveying different types of goods from one point to another using a variety of transport modes. The main objective of this study has to assess the fright transport service on international trade with its implications for global competitiveness. A descriptive followed by longitudinal research design was used. In order to provide the results which had been focussed to answer the stated problems and meeting to the research objectives, secondary data were used. The data were sourced from international organizations policy and standards documents and international organizations annual reports for the year 2007-2018 by using the two indexing systems. Moreover, in order to achieve the objectives of the study and thereby give answers for the basic research questions, quantitative research approach had been used. The data were entered, manipulated, organized and analyzed using Excel and Statistical package for Social Science with version 24. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were used to identify and determine the fright transport service on international trade with its implications for global competitiveness. According to the result illustrated, out of the five-independent variables, Growth Domestic Product, Distance, Infrastructure, landlocked and Timelines were found to be significantly important factors to determine the fright transport service and international trade with its implications for global competitiveness. Therefore, countries especially the developing ones to be competent in the global trade, they should give more emphasis on those components. They should invest on infrastructure, improvement in efficiency of customs operations area, employing adequate skilled logistic staff, improving the reliable timeline, and quality of logistics service of the ports.en-USFreight transport serviceGlobal competitivenessInternational tradeLogistic performance indexThesis