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Geography and institutional change: insights from a container terminal operatorContainers

Geography and institutional change: insights from a container terminal operator

April 2nd, 2018 Containers, PortStudies

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The relationship between space and institutional change by studying the evolution and development of Hongkong International Terminals (HIT), a Hong Kong-based firm with a highly-established institutional system, in the early 1990s is the theme of the latest port study of PortEconomics member Adolf Ng co authored with Kenneth Wong, K. (Hutchison Port Holdings Limited, Hong Kong, China), Eva C. Shou (Independent Business Professional, Hong Kong, China) and Changmin Jiang (University of Manitoba).

The port study investigates how HIT has made effective use of space to undertake organizational evolution, regional expansion, and finally establish itself as a global player in container terminal operations. Simultaneously, the authors illustrate how penetration across space has generated proactive forces that has fundamentally transformed HIT’s institutional system. The port study offers insight on the dynamic relationship between space and institutional change

The study has been published to the latest issue of the journal Maritime Economics and Logistics. Follow the link and redirect to download the full study.

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Adolf K.Y. Ng

Adolf K.Y. Ng is Professor of Transport and Supply Chain Management at the Asper School of Business of the University of Manitoba (Canada) and the Director of the University of Manitoba Transport Institute (UMTI) (Canada). He obtained his DPhil from University of Oxford (UK), and worked as a faculty member at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China) and Erasmus University Rotterdam, (Netherlands). He primary research interests include maritime management, transport geography, climate change, transport infrastructure planning and management, and global supply chains. He has (co-)authored three scholarly books, more than 40 papers in leading scholarly journals, and other forms of publications. He has received numerous prestigious accolades around the world. Notable examples include Fulbright Scholar Program (USA), Endeavour Research Fellowship (Australia), Universités Parisiennes Fellowship (France), Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in Interdisciplinary Studies (Canada), Associates’ Achievement Award for Outstanding Business Research (Canada), Eagle Prize for Outstanding Young Scholar in Maritime Research (International Association of Maritime Economists) (IAME), and several Best Paper Awards by various international transport, logistics, and supply chain conferences. With such expertise, he has provided strategic advice to major intergovernmental organizations, such as the United Nations (UN), European Commission (EC) and the African Development Bank (AFDB). Currently, he is a council member of IAME, Associate Editor of Maritime Policy & Management, Co-Editor of Journal of Transport Literature, Associate Editor of The Maritime Economist, and an editorial board member of reputable geography, transport, and logistics journals.

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