Understanding Port Choice Behavior-A Network Perspective

Networks and Spatial Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-82

  Tang, Loon Ching ^a   Low, Joyce M W ^a   Lam, Shao Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Network connectivity index; NICE model; Port choice; Port competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953053451     PISSN: 1566113X     EISSN: 15729427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11067-008-9081-8     Document Type: Article

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