Regulation and competition create increasing pressure on port logistics. This paper analyzes the influence of information technology solutions during implementation new mandatory constraints in operations, specifically 2014 mandate by International Maritime Organization container Verified Gross Mass (VGM) to enhance maritime safety operations. research takes a multi-method approach including expert interviews explore twenty-five case studies VGM implementation. Expert are transcribed...

Free ports are a form of territorial exceptionalism that has existed for centuries and become an important paradigm globalization. In the contemporary setting, they act as transportation, logistics trade platforms, using their competitive advantage. such Hong Kong, Singapore Dubai among world's leading commercial gateways, offering leverage to transactions, transportation transformation material goods. The historical evolution free underlines growing complexification specialization led...

Purpose This paper contributes to the social pillar of sustainable supply chain management. It does so by investigating how women managers in maritime sector handle work-family conflict, thereby acting as institutional entrepreneurs create a balance logic. The is male-dominated management environment, which suffers from talent gap lack executives. One reason for this problem issues that deter staying workforce. Design/methodology/approach authors interviewed 35 working port different...

AbstractAlthough the concept of a free port has existed since antiquity and remains in force today, it does not refer to single monolithic reality have universally accepted definition. This article aims analyze modern ports highlighting their place role global supply chains order provide better understanding these key nodal points. In reach definition used this article, we rely on systemic triangulation approach based historical, structural, functional aspects ports.Keywords:: portsforeign...

Purpose Previous literature dealing with sustainable marketing in a B2B context is mostly limited to spot measures on an environmental, economic or social layer. Thus, the purpose of this paper exemplify how seaports as powerful business networks can facilitate multi-layered sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The authors integrate multiple case studies pursue inductive research approach derive general patterns based empirical observations. Findings Operationalizing concept port...

'Backshoring' or 'reshoring' is a key issue for governments and companies. This article aims to address the role of infrastructure in backshoring process through free zone areas. Based on interactive network approach, two case studies have been analysed, one United States America other Mauritius. Results show helpfulness this broader view understanding certain characteristics backshoring. From perspective, we could consider as that binds actors locally thanks reshoring resources order...

Supplier relationship management is a key issue in Supply Chain Quality Management. This article aims to address such crisis situation. Crisis situation generate tense within the and reveal ability of organisations manage quality. In literature, there are models as well studies on high reliability that reducing risks minimum. There however only few by companies who do everything avoid crisis.The present study based five case industry: aerospace. Assumptions from literature have been tested...

Port dues have a limited impact on the door-to-door international decision making process. They are, however, major source of revenue for port authorities. Their objective is to balance budgets (recovery pricing, marginal cost external etc.) and enable financing infrastructure. As such, while they may not direct attractiveness competition ports, their indirect unquestionable. This study investigates vessel dues, which follow diverse formulas calculation that complicate comparisons....

ABSTRACTSince its beginnings in the 19th century, liner shipping industry has shown specific peculiarities characterized by close collaboration between sea carriers. This cooperation materialized through various types of inter-firm agreements that have been exempted from key principles competition law. Recently, strong criticism emerged against strategic alliances and related rule a concentrated market where operators are strongly interrelated increasingly integrated. However, maritime...

The aim of this article is to identify the role business network in emergence a higher education born global Africa, which must become international as soon it created order ensure its longevity. new school Togo analyzed from perspective. establishment key interorganizational relations thanks signs institutional and individual trust participates organization an environment characterized by strong barriers entry (national accreditations, media rankings, etc.). application theories borrowed...

How do key cultural aspects of individualism/collectivism and gender egalitarianism shape the decision making female managers from developing regions when handling major work–family conflicts (WFC)? We address this question by drawing on a qualitative study 50 countries in Asia, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa who work one particular male-dominated industry. examine WFC incidents experienced our participants through theoretical lens work–life shock events outlined Crawford et al....

RESUMELes ports francs sont une infrastructure millénaire. Ils se développent le long des routes de commerce depuis les Phoeniciens. Depuis la seconde moitié du vingtième siècle plupart pays dotés telles infrastructures logistiques. La France, pourtant précurseur durant l’Antiquité puis Moyen Age, a fait chemin inverse. Aujourd’hui certains cercles politiques et professionnels évoquent un retour en France. Quelle est pertinence d’un tel discours ? présente étude brosse état l’art matière...

Work-family conflicts (WFC) is an established topic both for researchers and practitioners. The episode-driven approach facilitates understanding of psychological perception the decision-making process individual facing a work-family conflict. In this sense, specific incidents incompatibility that disrupt habitual ways simultaneously ensuring work family responsibilities are called shock events. paper, we interviewed 35 women executives from male-dominated industry, maritime transport in...