TY - JOUR
T1 - Co-evolution of the strategic reorientation of port actors: insights from the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Barcelona
AU - Lugt, Larissa
AU - Rodrigues, Suzana
AU - van den Berg, R
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper explores changes in the strategic orientation of port authorities and terminal operators towards the hinterland network in the Ports of Rotterdam and Barcelona. Port authorities and terminal operators are economically, institutionally and geographically related organizations. The argument here is that such organizations experience a mutually influential and interactive effect in their strategy over time. The research explores the evolution of the market, institutional and governance forces behind these organizations’ strategic orientation, while acknowledging their interdependence and interrelationship. To that end, it builds a conceptual framework analysing these organizations’ strategies in different points in time. It draws upon firms and port theories to design a co-evolutionary framework, which is later refined with insights gained from an empirical study of the port context
AB - This paper explores changes in the strategic orientation of port authorities and terminal operators towards the hinterland network in the Ports of Rotterdam and Barcelona. Port authorities and terminal operators are economically, institutionally and geographically related organizations. The argument here is that such organizations experience a mutually influential and interactive effect in their strategy over time. The research explores the evolution of the market, institutional and governance forces behind these organizations’ strategic orientation, while acknowledging their interdependence and interrelationship. To that end, it builds a conceptual framework analysing these organizations’ strategies in different points in time. It draws upon firms and port theories to design a co-evolutionary framework, which is later refined with insights gained from an empirical study of the port context
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.09.008
M3 - Article
SN - 0966-6923
VL - 41
SP - 197
EP - 209
JO - Journal of Transport Geography
JF - Journal of Transport Geography
IS - december
ER -