As outsourcing and offshoring continue to expand, the ocean container industry serves a critical and still increasing role in supporting global trade. Yet, perceived commoditization and intense price competition among ocean container carriers limit opportunities for competitive advantage and formation of long-term shipper–carrier relationships. This environment ultimately yields an unhealthy …
Corporate governance is an area of interest to researchers, stakeholders and the general public. In recent times, there has been an increased concern about the effectiveness of the board within corporate organizations due to corporate scandals and accounting irregularities of some well known firms, which highlighted the inefficiency of monitoring corporate boards and the overseeing of manage…
Ship Masters of ocean going ships are team leaders and decision makers in charge of managing usually diverse teams that have to confrontunexpected situations that might risk the life safety of crewmembers and the loss of the asset. Despite their critical role, research on the Masters’leading role is rather limited. Lack of relevant research becomes even more noticeable if one takes into acco…