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Reporting on FDI in ports @UNCTAD Investment, Enterprise & Development Commission meeting
May 2011: PortEconomics member Thanos Pallis will discuss the findings of a forthcoming report on FDI practices in ports during the UNCTAD Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission session, 2–6 May 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. Thanos Pallis will join Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD and a number of Ministers and key decision makers in developing countries to discuss Best Practices in Strengthening Investment in Basic Infrastructure in Developing Countries. The High-level session of the Commission, jointly with...
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The financialisation of the port and terminal industry
A new study entitled "The Financialisation of the Port and terminal Industry: Revisiting Risk and Embeddedness", co-authored by the members of the portEconomics team Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis, is now published in t the scholarly Journal Maritime Policy and Management (vol 38 (2), pp. 191 - 213). The paper explores the evolving relationship between the port and terminal industry and the financial sector. Since the financial industry has taken an active role in global economic affairs, understanding global trade...
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ENPOS members contribute to the (co-edited) book "Integrating seaports and trade corridors"
PortEconomics members contribute in the book "Integrating Seaports and Trade Corridors" co-edited by Hall, P., Mc Calla, R., Comtois, C., Slack, B. The book, published by Ashgate (ISBN 978-1-4094-0401-9), examines the importance of the seaports and the corridors which connects them, for the international trade and the world economy. ENPOS members Theo Notteboom, Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Thanos Pallis and Thomas Vitsounis contributed with three chapters. Theo Notteboom and Jean-Paul Rodrigue (along with G. De Monie) co-authored two chapters....
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4Ps (Public Private Partnerships in Ports): Setting a research agenda
PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and George Vaggelas delivered a presentation on 4Ps (Public Private Partnerships in Ports): A Research Agenda at the Symposium "Public Private Partnerships in Transport: Trends and Theory Research Roadmap". The Symposium was organised in Lisbon (January 13-15) under the EU funded P3T3 COST Action (Public Private Partnerships in Transport: Trends & Theory) in which ENPOS members have an active role. The presentation identifies research gaps and by proposes specific research issues related to...
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ALRT 2010: Twelve (12) new studies by the PortEconomics team
PortEconomics members and associate members were involved in a large number of papers which were presented at the Asian Logistics Round Table 2010 Conference and Meeting (ALRT 2010) which took place in Antwerp on 2-3 December 2010. The studies to be published in an edited book in late January/early February 2011: SHOU, C., NG, K.Y., PALLIS, A., Transport node governance in a changing world: the institutional reform of Tianjin port - VEENSTRA, A., NOTTEBOOM, T., The development of the Yangtze River Container Ports System DE COSTER,...
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Port Financialisation study to be published in MPM
December 2010: The port study "The Financialisation of the Port and Terminal Industry: Revisiting risk and embeddedness", conducted by Jean-Paul Rodrigue (Hofstra University, US), Theo Notteboom (ITMMA-University of Antwerp) and Athanasios Pallis (STT-University of the Aegean) will be published in a forthcoming issue of Maritime Policy and Management, the flagship journal of international shipping and port research. The study explores the evolving relationship between the port and terminal industry and the financial sector. Since the...
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Multimodal door-to-door: now or never?
December 2010: Inland Navigation Europe (INE) co-organized a large conference on barge transportation in a multimodal perspective in Brussels on 30 November -1 December 2010. December 2010: Inland Navigation Europe (INE) co-organized a large conference on barge transportation in a multimodal perspective in Brussels on 30 November -1 December 2010. December 2010: Inland Navigation Europe (INE) co-organized a large conference on barge transportation in a multimodal perspective in Brussels on 30 November -1 December 2010. The ‘Barge to...
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