Assessing port governance models: Process and performance components

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-432

  Brooks, Mary R ^a   Pallis, Athanasios A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION MAKING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORTS AND HARBORS; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PORT OPERATION; REFORM PROCESS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 50349083573     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830802215060     Document Type: Article

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