TY - JOUR
T1 - Commodity Variety and Seaport Performance
AU - Ducruet, C.B.
AU - Koster, H.R.A.
AU - Beek, D.J. van der
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - DUCRUET C., KOSTER H. R. A. and VAN DER BEEK D. J. Commodity variety and seaport performance, Regional Studies. Seaports are key locations within value chains and production networks. Port policies of national and local governments seek higher rents through strategies of specialization or diversification. Elaborating on longstanding research about urban and regional development, this paper proposes an empirical investigation of the interplay between traffic variety and port performance. The analysis of traffic data per commodity for 330 European ports highlights the influence of multiple factors such as location, function, and local context, together with the specificity of some commodities regarding port evolution. The demonstrated importance of territorial factors provides a good complement to the existing literature mostly focused on global networks and economic players. © 2010 Regional Studies Association.
AB - DUCRUET C., KOSTER H. R. A. and VAN DER BEEK D. J. Commodity variety and seaport performance, Regional Studies. Seaports are key locations within value chains and production networks. Port policies of national and local governments seek higher rents through strategies of specialization or diversification. Elaborating on longstanding research about urban and regional development, this paper proposes an empirical investigation of the interplay between traffic variety and port performance. The analysis of traffic data per commodity for 330 European ports highlights the influence of multiple factors such as location, function, and local context, together with the specificity of some commodities regarding port evolution. The demonstrated importance of territorial factors provides a good complement to the existing literature mostly focused on global networks and economic players. © 2010 Regional Studies Association.
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U2 - 10.1080/00343400903167904
DO - 10.1080/00343400903167904
M3 - Article
SN - 0034-3404
VL - 44
SP - 1221
EP - 1240
JO - Regional Studies
JF - Regional Studies
IS - 9
ER -
