Institutional plasticity and path dependence in seaports: Interactions between institutions, port governance reforms and port authority routines

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-35

  Notteboom, Theo ^a,b   De Langen, Peter ^c,d   Jacobs, Wouter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d PORT OF ROTTERDAM AUTHORITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antwerp; Institutional plasticity; Lock in; Path dependence; Rotterdam; Seaports

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; PORT; REFORM PROCESS;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84872375617     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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