The main objective of this paper is ‘to assess the conditions, including policy support, under which innovative conceptshave a highchance ofgetting adoptedandbeingsuccessful’.Theworkwill start fromthe state-of-theart with the following goals targeted. Firstly, to identify the paths that newinnovative concepts usually follow, what key determinants are, which actors are involved, and what pol…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the evolution of local port community systems (PCS) towards a vast network of interlinked locations in Europe. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual. It builds on the findings of platform theory and the analogy between the market for cargo information and the payment system industry to discuss the potential outcomes and shape…