Ports in Proximity Competition and Coordination among Adjacent Seaports [Hardcover]

Ports in Proximity provides an overview of key contemporary research in the field through a broad range of international case studies. The concepts of strategic management, supply chain management, port and transport economics and economic and transport geography are applied throughout the book to offer an in-depth understanding of the processes underlying spatial and functional dynamics in port systems. The opportunities for cooperation between competing adjacent ports is examined while the avenues for further joint research are identified, setting an agenda for further study.Theo Notteboom is President of ITMMA (Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp) and is also affiliated with the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, C?sar Ducruet, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris-I Sorbonne University, France and Peter de Langen Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands