Market structures and shipping security

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-120

  Brooks, Mary R ^a   Button, Kenneth J ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business models; Market structures; Private incentives; Public private partnerships; Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644530720     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100145     Document Type: Article

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