A theoretical framework for the evaluation of competition between container terminal operators

Singapore Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-559

  Yap, Wei Yim ^a   Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee ^b   Cullinane, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Container terminal; oligopoly; port competition; port competitiveness; port complementarity; product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTAINER TERMINAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORT DEVELOPMENT; PRICE DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84855575272     PISSN: 02175908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217590811004456     Document Type: Article

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