Exploring the applicability of electronic markets to port governance

International Journal of Ocean Systems Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-30

  Lambrou, Maria A ^a   Pallis, Athanasios A ^a   Nikitakos, Nikitas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

e government; ICT; Information and Communication Technologies; port clusters; port devolution; port policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886474166     PISSN: 17526582     EISSN: 17526590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOSM.2008.017779     Document Type: Article

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