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A cross-country study of competitiveness of the shipping industry
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Lee, CB and Wan, J and Shi, W and Li, K, A cross-country study of competitiveness of the shipping industry, Transport Policy, 35 pp. 366-376. ISSN 0967-070X (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.04.010
Abstract
For the last 50 years, international trade has been increased in both volume and speed, which has in turn brought about ever-increasing competition among major maritime nations and required a corresponding shipping policy. This study is to identify and weight the factors influencing a country’s shipping competitiveness and shipping policy. According to the results of questionnaires and Delphi method, 24 factors have been chosen from a practical perspective while weights of factors are determined by the application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) from a theoretical perspective. Then, on the basis of factors and their weights, a shipping competitiveness index (SCI) is constructed to quantitatively measure and rank the main maritime countries. In addition, the results of cluster analysis, based on each country’s present and potential competitiveness, provide some implications and policy suggestion for each group of nations with similar background and development conditions.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Shipping competitiveness; Analytic hierarchy process; Cluster analysis; Shipping competitiveness index |
Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Transportation, logistics and supply chains |
Research Field: | Transportation, logistics and supply chains not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Defence |
Objective Group: | Defence |
Objective Field: | Logistics |
UTAS Author: | Shi, W (Dr Wenming Shi) |
ID Code: | 112457 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 36 |
Deposited By: | Maritime and Logistics Management |
Deposited On: | 2016-11-11 |
Last Modified: | 2017-05-15 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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