Francesco Parola
University of Napoli “Parthenope”
Department of Business Studies
Via Medina 40,
80133 Napoli (Italy)
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Dr. Francesco Parola is Researcher at the “Parthenope” University (link: www.uniparthenope.it) in Naples in the Department of Business Studies of the Faculty of Economics. He is also contract professor at the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics in Genoa, and member of the Italian Centre of Excellence for Integrated Logistics (link: www.cieli.unige.it). Francesco started his studies in Maritime and Transport Economics at the University of Genoa, in Italy, where he got his BSc. A few years later, he defended a doctoral thesis about the strategies of transnational container terminal operators in the port reform era (University of Genova). He has been visiting researcher at the “Center for Maritime Economics & Logistics” (MEL) of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and at the “Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité” (INRETS) in Paris.
His research and teaching interests include port economics and policy, maritime logistics and governance and the application of business and strategic management disciplines in the maritime transport sector. In particular, he extensively studied the strategies of transnational container terminal operators and their relationships with carriers and port authorities across major regions. Liner shipping competition and co-operation, intermodalism and rail transport are also themes of his research and teaching activities.
Francesco has been involved in several research projects and consultancy studies examining the maritime transport industry, port governance and reform patterns, the structure and the evolution of the European port industry and other maritime and transport topics. He is an active member of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) and the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) and he regularly participates as speakers at many conferences and workshops on port and maritime issues, such as IAME and WCTR events.
Francesco extensively published in port and maritime themes across various international peer-reviewed journals, such as International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Transport Geography, Maritime Economics & Logistics and Maritime Policy & Management. Francesco Parola is an associate member of PortEconomics.eu a web-based initiative aiming to advance knowledge exchange on port economics, management and policies.
His research and teaching interests include port economics and policy, maritime logistics and governance and the application of business and strategic management disciplines in the maritime transport sector. In particular, he extensively studied the strategies of transnational container terminal operators and their relationships with carriers and port authorities across major regions. Liner shipping competition and co-operation, intermodalism and rail transport are also themes of his research and teaching activities.
Francesco has been involved in several research projects and consultancy studies examining the maritime transport industry, port governance and reform patterns, the structure and the evolution of the European port industry and other maritime and transport topics. He is an active member of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN) and the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) and he regularly participates as speakers at many conferences and workshops on port and maritime issues, such as IAME and WCTR events.
Francesco extensively published in port and maritime themes across various international peer-reviewed journals, such as International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Transport Geography, Maritime Economics & Logistics and Maritime Policy & Management. Francesco Parola is an associate member of PortEconomics.eu a web-based initiative aiming to advance knowledge exchange on port economics, management and policies.
- Midoro, R., Musso, E. and Parola, F. (2005) Maritime liner shipping and the stevedoring industry: market structure and competition strategies, Maritime Policy and Management, 32(2), pp. 89-106.
- Ferrari, C., Parola, F. and Morchio, E. (2006) Southern European Ports and the Spatial Distribution of EDCs, Maritime Economics and Logistics, 8(1), pp. 60-81.
- Parola, F. and Sciomachen, A. (2009). Modal split evaluation of a maritime container terminal, Maritime Economics and Logistics, 11(1), pp. 77-97.
- Soppé, M., Parola, F. and Frémont, A. (2009). Emerging inter-industry partnerships between shipping lines and stevedores: from rivalry to cooperation?, Journal of Transport Geography, 17(1), pp. 10-20.
- Ferrari C., Parola F., Tei A. (2011), "North Africa and international trade networks: port investments and market opportunities", in Notteboom T. (Ed.) Current Issues in Shipping, Ports and Logistics, University Press Antwerp, pp. 203-220.
- Ferrari C., Parola F., Gattorna E. (2011), “Measuring the quality of port hinterland accessibility: the Ligurian case”, Transport Policy, Elsevier.
- Parola F., Veenstra A. (2008), “The spatial coverage of shipping lines and container terminal operators”, Journal of Transport Geography, 16(4): 292-299.
- Ferrari C., Parola F., Benacchio M. (2008), “Network economies in liner shipping: the role of the home markets”, Maritime Policy & Management, 35(2): 127-143, (special issue) guest editors G. Giuliano, E. Musso and E. Van De Voorde.
- Parola F., Musso E. (2007), “Market structures and competitive strategies: the carrier-stevedore arm-wrestling in Northern European ports”, Maritime Policy & Management, 34(3): 259-278.
- Olivier D., Parola F., Slack B., Wang J. (2007), “The Time Scale of Internationalisation: the case of the container port industry”, Maritime Economics & Logistics, 9(1): 1-34.
- Parola F., Lee S-W, Ferrari C. (2006), “On the integration of logistics activities by shipping lines: the case of East-Asia”, Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 4(1), 109-130.
- Parola F., Sciomachen A. (2005), “Intermodal container flows in a port system network: analysis of possible growths via simulation models”, International Journal of Production Economics, 97(1): 75-88.
- Frémont A., Parola F. (2010), "Carriers' role in opening gateways: experiences from major port regions", in C. Comtois, B. McCalla, B. Slack, P. Hall (Eds) Integrating seaports and trade corridors, pp. 47-63, Ashgate, December, London.
- Caballini C., Carpaneto L., Parola F. (2009), “Italian port authorities approaching the post-reform: the Ligurian case”, in T. Notteboom, P. de Langen, C. Ducruet, Ports in proximity: competition and coordination among adjacent seaports, 191-208, Ashgate, London, October.
- Olivier D., Parola F. (2007), “The Success of Asian Container Port Operators: the Role of Information Technology”, in: J. Wang, D. Olivier, T. Notteboom, B. Slack, Ports, cities, and global supply chains, 205-220, Ashgate, London, August.
- Musso E., Parola F. (2007), “Mediterranean ports in the global network: how to make the hub & spoke paradigm sustainable?”, in: J. Wang, D. Olivier, T. Notteboom, B. Slack, Ports, cities, and global supply chains, 89-104, Ashgate, London, August.
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