Entry barriers in seaports

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 427-440

  De Langen, Peter ^a   Pallis, Athanasios ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SALT WATER BARRIERS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EUROPEAN UNION; PORT; PORT OPERATION; SUPPLY VESSEL;

EID: 35548930205     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830701585134     Document Type: Article

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