Post-entry container port capacity expansion

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-138

  Luo, Meifeng ^a   Liu, Liming ^b   Gao, Fei ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacity expansion; Market preemption; Port competition; Pricing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONTAINERS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; EXPANSION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS;

CAPACITY DECISIONS; CAPACITY EXPANSION; CAPACITY INVESTMENT; HETEROGENEOUS PLAYERS; MARKET PREEMPTIONS; PORT COMPETITION; PRICE SENSITIVITY; PURE STRATEGY NASH EQUILIBRIUMS;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 80755184723     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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