Assessment criteria for the sustainable competitive advantage of the national merchant fleet from a resource-based view

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-540

  Yi Chih, Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPETITIVENESS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; MERCHANT SHIP; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 77957793718     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2010.503712     Document Type: Article

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