Evaluating impacts of institutional reforms on port efficiency changes: Ownership, corporate structure, and total factor productivity changes of world container ports
Journal Article
Cheon, S., Dowall, D. E., & Song, D. (2010)
Evaluating impacts of institutional reforms on port efficiency changes: Ownership, corporate structure, and total factor productivity changes of world container ports. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 46, 546-561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2009.04.001
This paper evaluates how port institutional reforms influenced efficiency gains between 1991 and 2004. We constructed a panel data for port ownership, corporate structure, and...
Port integration in global supply chains: measures and implications for maritime logistics
Journal Article
Panayides, P., & Song, D. (2009)
Port integration in global supply chains: measures and implications for maritime logistics. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 12, 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675560902749407
The aim of this article is to define and empirically develop measures of seaport integration in global supply chains and to infer implications for maritime logistics. A litera...
Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests
Journal Article
Yeo, G. T., Song, D., Dinwoodie, J., & Roe, M. (2009)
Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 1249-1257. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2009.88
Generally, an evaluation of container port competitiveness is regarded as a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem which involves various stakeholders with conflicti...
Typology of long-term port efficiency Improvement paths: malmquist total factor productivity for world container ports.
Journal Article
Cheon, S., Dowall, D. E., & Song, D. (2009)
Typology of long-term port efficiency Improvement paths: malmquist total factor productivity for world container ports. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 15, 340-350. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%291076-0342%282009%2915%3A4%28340%29
The global seaport sector made huge efforts in relation to port reform and technological development since the 1990s. This study attempts to systematically estimate the impact...
A stochastic frontier model of the productive efficiency of Korean container terminals
Journal Article
Cullinane, K., & Song, D. (2003)
A stochastic frontier model of the productive efficiency of Korean container terminals. Applied Economics, 35(3), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840210139355
A central objective of port privatization and/or deregulation policies is stimulating greater efficiency by engendering a more competitive market and commercial approach to ma...