Seaports ascriticalshore-basedinfrastructureareparticularlyvulnerabletoimpactssuchassealevelriseand increasingincidentsofsevereweatherevents.Inexcessofninetypercentofglobaltradebyvolumis transportedbysea.InIreland,seaportsareofstrategicimportancetothenationaleconomy.Asanisland nation,ninetyeightpercentoftradebyvolumecomesthroughitsseaports.ClimateissuesfacingIrish portsincludeincreasingstormine…
This paper presents a conflict solving model to resolve different stakeholder demands in the port redevelopment of the Incheon Inner Port. The different interest groups involved in this current project in South Korea include the land owner of Incheon Port Authority (PA), governmental regulator of Ministry of Maritime and Fishery (MOMAF), private port interests, port labor, business interests an…
The purpose of this paper is to extend the stream of thought regarding the concept of demand and supply integration (DSI) within the domain of environmental responsibility and green marketing.
Although sustainability is a topical concern in ports and the supply chain literature, the main focus of the academic research has been on the environmental dimension of sustainability rather than the social and economic dimensions. Since ports are indispensable nodes of supply chains involving many strategic stakeholders and activities interacting with each other, investigating the contributio…
The purpose of this paper is to develop a performance measurement framework that takes into account the key stakeholders of the logistics departments or personnel in humanitarian organisations. It reflects their views and characteristics by adapting the balanced scorecard (BSC) to this environment. The key stakeholders are identified using the stakeholder salience framework by Mitchell et al. (…
Many city logistics projects in Europe have failed. A better understanding of the complex organizational change processes in city logistics projects with many stakeholders may expand city logistics capabilities and thereby help prevent future failures. The purpose of this paper is therefore to increase understanding of how city logistics emerge, and secondarily, to investigate whether such proc…
The purpose of this paper is to identify the main tasks and challenges of the manager role in a hybrid incubator organization, here defined as being one owned by both private companies and public organizations
In this chapter, an analysis is made of conflicting interests in seaports. Such conflicting interests are relevant since various stakeholders influence port development and have different goals. Based on an overview of the interests of different stakeholders, five conflicts of interests that are relevant in most seaports are identified. Each of these is briefly discussed and the concept …
Public-private cooperation on the level of project finance, and provision of large-scale infrastructure projects, is increasing on the global level. This paper uses a multi-actor analysis, in order to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) for sound implementation of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the port context, and to determine the diverging opinions of stakeholders with regard …
The cruise industry has been dynamically advancing over the last decades with an average annual growth rate in the worldwide number of cruise passengers of 7.84 per cent between 1990 and 2013. The Mediterranean Sea is the second cruise destination worldwide. The cruise market is characterized as an oligopoly within the subsector of cruise companies. A similar situation occurs in the Mediterrane…
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential impact of stakeholders’ behavior on business failure, through its influence on the generation and distribution of value added.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of eco‐oriented culture (EOC) in the relationship between stakeholder pressure (SP) and the adoption of environmental logistics practices (ELPs). It is proposed that the adoption of ELPs is influenced by SP perceived by a firm, and in turn this relationship is mediated by EOC.
The purpose of this paper is to help clarify understanding of the logistic platform concept so as to release its potential for the benefit of the logistics sector.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the human dimension of project management by establishing the extent to which social networks influence the commitment of project stakeholders. Up to date, project managers still identify inadequate stakeholder commitment to project undertakings as a key antecedent of project failure and so efforts aimed at addressing this challenge are highly valued. The…
This article aims to describe a qualitative, exploratory study with the objective of developing scenarios for the road freight transport industry in Brazil and evaluating the effectiveness of the method applied, which used the stakeholders of said industry as a means to identify the variables of the scenarios.
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the contribution of stakeholder engagement to firms’ innovation orientation within the context of sustainable development. It investigates whether engagement with different stakeholders promotes sustainable innovation.
The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges of humanitarian logisticians with respect to different types of disasters, phases of disaster relief and the type of humanitarian organization. A conceptual model is constructed that serves as a basis to identify these challenges.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate why companies reduce transportation emissions by examining the relative importance of external drivers vs internal motives for companies in considering CO2 emissions in freight transportation.