Shifting proximities: The maritime ports sector in an era of global supply Chains

Regional Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1103-1115

  Hall, Peter V ^a   Jacobs, Wouter ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global supply chains; Innovation; Proximity; Seaports

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MARITIME TRADE; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PORT OPERATION;

EID: 77958579794     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400903365110     Document Type: Article

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