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July 30th, 2014
PortStudies

Concession contracts are widely used to structure the relationship between public managing bodies of ports who own the land and terminal operators who are granted the right to exploit the land for an agreed period of time. Academic literature primarily discusses concession contracts related to cargo terminals. However, common arrangements in concession contracts for cargo handling services may or may not work in a cruise setting. PortEconomics co-directors Theo Notteboom and Thanos Pallis, together with Grace Wang (Department of Maritime...
July 28th, 2014
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PortEconomics associate member Gordon Wilmsmeier (UNECLAC, Chile) along with Ann-Kathrin Zotz (UNECLAC, Chile), Jens Froese (Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany) and Andreas Meyer (Independent Consultant) presented their latest research on "Social and instrumental antecedents of clique survival in the port industry network: A longitudinal perspective" during the the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists - IAME 2014, that was held in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Τhe study presents a detailed comparative...
July 22nd, 2014
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PortEconomics associate member Francesco Parola (Department of Business Studies, University of Naples “Parthenope”), along with Giovanni Satta (Department of Economics and Management, University of Genoa) and Simone Caschili (UCL QASER Lab & Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London) presented their latest research on "Social and instrumental antecedents of clique survival in the port industry network: A longitudinal perspective" during the the annual conference of the International Association of Maritime...
July 2nd, 2014
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The annual conference of the International Association of PortΕconomics - IAME 2014, that was held 15-18 July in Norfolk, Virginia provided to the PortEconomics team the opportunity to present the port research that they conducted over the last year. In total, PortEconomics members presented 25 different port or port related studies that progressed over the course of the last months, shaping research developments in the emerging research field of port economics, policy and management, as well as in port related studies. Over the next...
June 13th, 2014
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PortEconomics associate member Prof. Mary Brooks together with Prof. Tony Schellinck (Dalhousie University) published a port study entitled 'Improving port effectiveness through determinance/performance gap analysis' in the scientific journal Maritime Policy and Management, Volume 41, Issue 4. Port managers, governments, and stakeholders bring different perspectives to the challenges of port management. One of the greatest of these challenges is identifying and prioritizing investments to take advantage of the opportunities for future...
June 10th, 2014
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PortEconomics member Michael Dooms (Department of Business, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), along with PortEconomics associate members Elvira Haezendonck (Department of Business, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Department of Management, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Alain Verbeke (Department of Business, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Haskayne School of Business, University of...
June 3rd, 2014
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PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom along with Lu Chen of ITMMA - University of Antwerp in Belgium jointly published a study in the academic journal International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management on "Cost perspective on the location of value-added logistics services in supply chains". The study discusses the location of VALS and its impact on supply chain configurations and logistics costs. In particular, the research focuses on: 1) the importance of VALS in cost terms to the supply chain; 2) the impact of location decisions...
May 30th, 2014
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PortEconomics co-director Theo Notteboom, along with Kyriaki Mitroussi (Cardiff University) published a port study entitled 'Getting the work done: motivation needs and processes for seafarers and dock workers' in the academic journal WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs. In the study, Theo and Kyriaki argue that most of current literature on motivation at work is acontextual neglecting the role of contextual layers found in distinct industries or professional environments. The aim is to extend traditional notions of work motivation by...
May 26th, 2014
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Incentive approaches to overcome moral hazard in port concession agreements is the subject of the recent port study conducted by PortEconomics co-director Thanos Pallis along with Grace Wang and was published in 67th issue of Transportation Research Part E, providing a game theory foundation for port concession agreements, using the incentive mechanism design. This study identifies the post contractual moral hazard problem, and provides a model involving performance-based concession fees to align successfully the Port Authorities'...
May 14th, 2014
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The importance of infrastructure as a key driver of growth, competitiveness and social well-being is well established. Yet, as highlighted in the World Economic Forum's report, Infrastructure Investment Policy Blueprint, a significant number of economically viable infrastructure investments are not moving forward. The global investment shortfall in infrastructure is estimated to be at least US$ 1 trillion per annum. Enhanced participation from the private sector, while not a complete panacea, could do much to close this gap. The report...
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