What conditions supply chain strategies of ports? The case of Dubai

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-342

  Jacobs, Wouter ^a   Hall, Peter V ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dubai; Ports; Strategy; Structure of provision; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

HINTERLAND; PORT COMPETITION; STRATEGIC RESPONSES; STRUCTURE OF PROVISION;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PORT OPERATION;

ASIA; DUBAI [DUBAI (ADS)]; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 34447523958     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9092-x     Document Type: Article

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