The economics behind the awarding of terminals in seaports: Towards a research agenda

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-50

  Theys, Christophe ^a   Notteboom, Theo E ^a,b   Pallis, Athanasios A ^c   De Langen, Peter W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d PORT OF ROTTERDAM AUTHORITY   (Netherlands)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 76949094152     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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