Analysis of factors underlying foreign entry strategies of terminal operators in container ports

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-84

  Parola, Francesco ^a   Notteboom, Theo ^b,c   Satta, Giovanni ^d   Rodrigue, Jean Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP MARITIME ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Container port industry; Foreign entry strategy; Greenfield; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER TERMINAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOINT VENTURE; PORT OPERATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84885439329     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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