 Co-evolution of the strategic reorientation of port actors: insights from the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of BarcelonaLarissa M. van der Lugt, Suzana B. Rodrigues and Roy van den Berg Journal of Transport Geography, 2014, vol. 41, issue C, 197-209 Abstract: This paper explores changes in the strategic orientation of port authorities and terminal operators towards the hinterland network in the Ports of Rotterdam and Barcelona. Port authorities and terminal operators are economically, institutionally and geographically related organizations. The argument here is that such organizations experience a mutually influential and interactive effect in their strategy over time. The research explores the evolution of the market, institutional and governance forces behind these organizations’ strategic orientation, while acknowledging their interdependence and interrelationship. To that end, it builds a conceptual framework analysing these organizations’ strategies in different points in time. It draws upon firms and port theories to design a co-evolutionary framework, which is later refined with insights gained from an empirical study of the port context. Keywords: Co-evolution; Institutions; Strategy; Interdependency; Port authority; Terminal operators (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:41:y:2014:i:c:p:197-209 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.09.008 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier |
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