Shipping digitalization management: conceptualization, typology and antecedents

Maria Lambrou (), Daisuke Watanabe and Junya Iida
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Maria Lambrou: Trade and Transport
Daisuke Watanabe: Department of Logistics and Information Engineering
Junya Iida: National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, International Coordination Division

Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2019, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract Digital transformation is a topical theme in shipping research and professional practice, today. Our paper aims at developing a comprehensive framework of digitalization technologies and their maritime business implications, grounded on available evidence. In order to understand the full complexity of shipping digitalization activities, we addressed technology and management aspects in a coalesced framework. Our research follows a qualitative, case study approach. Five cases of advanced, shipping incumbents’ digitalization activities were investigated. Our research outcome is an overarching theoretical model, which systematizes the technological components (technology typology), the prevailing management rationales (strategic drivers) and determinant factors (practices) of shipping digitalization.

Keywords: Shipping digitalization; Internet of things; Artificial intelligence; Blockchain; Digitalization management; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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