Port and Trade Industrial Organization

K. Y. Ng Adolf and John J. Liu
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K. Y. Ng Adolf: University of Manitoba
John J. Liu: City University of Hong Kong

Chapter 5 in Port-Focal Logistics and Global Supply Chains, 2014, pp 77-113 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Inevitably, the effectiveness of a port-integrated logistical system depends on the productivity and efficiency of ports, other components of the supply chain and trade industrial organization; this chapter will address these issues. First, port and supply chain productivity and efficiency will be investigated, because they serve as key performance measures of port-focal supply chain management. However, when compared to firm focal supply chains, port-focal supply chains contain ports that are not only production facilities, but are also transactional ones. Hence, it will continue to address the transaction cost economics of port, transport and international trade, pertinent to organizational dynamics of port-focal logistics and supply chains. The chapter concludes with a port efficiency and performance assessment, by investigating an empirical study on the performance benchmarking of global container ports.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Production Frontier; Transport Infrastructure; Stochastic Frontier Analytical; Quay Crane (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137273697_5

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