PortEconomics is celebrating the ending of 2016 recapping the articles that have captured the interest of the visitors of our web initiative so far for 2016.
Our most popular papers on Port Authorities in 2016 were:
1. Marketing strategies of port authorities
PortEconomics members Francesco Parola and Thanos Pallis along with Marcello Risitano & Marco Ferretti (University of Naples “Parthenope”), advance an innovative conceptualization of the marketing strategies developed by Port Authorities (PAs). The scholars frame a relevant case of hybrid organisation into a business marketing perspective: their latest port study takes advantage of the business marketing perspective and its applications in hybrid organisations to introduce a novel conceptualization of PA marketing. [Link]
2. Strategic beliefs of port authorities
The latest port study of PortEconomics members Larissa van der Lugt and Peter de Langen along with Lorike Hagdorn (VU Amsterdam) adds to the emerging understanding of the port authority’s strategy by applying a cognitive perspective. Specifically, the strategic cognition of firms’ executives is one of the explanatory variables behind firms’ strategic decisions. Furthermore, cognitions are influenced by the organisational contexts in which port authority executives have worked. As a result, managerial ‘mental maps’ may vary across industry contexts and over time. [Link]
3. Tackling uncertainty in green pricing of port infrastructure
PortEconomics member Michael Dooms, along with Magali Geerts (Vrije Universities Brussel) and Mychal Langenus (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) discuss the way to tackle uncertainty when applying green perspectives at port infrastructure pricing in their latest port study presented in the IAME 2016 Conference held 23-26 August in Hamburg, Germany. [Link]
4. One-belt-one-road and hundreds european ports
How the One-belt-one-road (OBOR) policy might affect european port-hinterland dynamics? In 2013 Xi Jinping embarked in a strategy to “break the connectivity bottleneck” in Asia. 60 countries are already involved, with this policy impacting 4.4 billion people. In March 2015, the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiatives action plan was detailed. PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom addressed the theme during his invited presentation gave at the ESPO Conference 2016, held in 2-3 June in Dublin, Ireland. [Link]
5. GREPORT 2016: Report on Greek ports
With total throughput 6.36 million tonnes of dry bulk cargo, 3.98 million TEUs, 28.23 million coastal passengers and 2.07 cruise passengers in 2014, Greek ports are important actors in local, national and regional level. In 2014, their turnover exceeded the €326 million. GREPORT 2016, the Report on Greek Ports by PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas is the first comprehensive record and analysis of the developments of the Greek port industry over the last decade. [Link]
6. European ports policy: Historic day as european parliament adopts ports regulation
The European Parliament adopted today a report on the Regulation establishing a framework for the organisation of port services and financial transparency of ports presented by the rapporteur MEP Knut Fleckenstein. The port Regulation was approved the agreement reached in that respect with the Commission and Council last summer with 546 votes in favour, 140 against, 22 abstentions. This vote makes an end to the Port Package saga that started 15 years ago, comments PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis. [Link]
