Devolution, port governance and port performance /
[Book]
edited by Mary R. Brooks, Kevin Cullinane.
London :
Elsevier JAI,
2007.
xiv, 686 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm.
Research in transportation economics,
v. 17
0739-8859 ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Background -- Strategic challenges to container ports in a changing market environment -- Ports and port policy -- Port privitisation in the United Kingdom -- Fighting for money, investments and capacity: port governance and devolution in Belgium -- Governance structures of port authorites in the Netherlands -- Port governance in Italy -- Port governance in Greece -- Port governance in Turkey -- The River Plate Basin -- a comparison of port devolution processes on the east coast of South America -- Port governance and the privatization in the United States: public ownership and private operation -- Port devolution and governance in Canada -- Port reform: the Australian experience -- The port of Singapore and its governance structure -- Port governance in Hong Kong -- Port governance in China -- Port governance in Korea -- Port governance and devolution -- Port governance, devolution and the matching framework: a configuration theory approach -- Governance models defined -- Concession agreements as port governance tools -- Stakeholders, conflicting interests and governance in port clusters -- EU port policy: implication for port governance in Europe -- Port performance -- Port performance: an economic perspective -- Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and improving container port efficiency -- Revew of port performance approaches and a supply chain framework to port performance benchmarking -- Issues in measureing port devolution program performance: a managerial perspective -- Conclusions and research.