Activities, resources and inter-organizational relationships: Key factors in port competitiveness

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 571-589

  De Martino, Marcella ^a   Morvillo, Alfonso ^a  

^a Istituto Di Ricerche Sulle Attivita Terziarie Naples   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; INDUSTRY; LOGISTICS; PORTS AND HARBORS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITIVENESS; EXPLOITATION; LOGISTICS; PARADIGM SHIFT; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PORT OPERATION;

EID: 57249084083     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830802469477     Document Type: Article

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