Value Creation for Sustainability in Port: Perspectives of Analysis and Future Research Directions

Martino, Marcella De

doi:10.3390/su132112268

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“…These concepts examine how ports can improve competitiveness using learning, strategic resources, and stakeholder management. They thoroughly examine the industry's problems and the solutions that must be solved (Afshari and Hadian, 2021;De, 2021).…”

Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of government support on port industry competitiveness: A qualitative exploration

Guo,

Zeng

2024

J. Infras. Policy. Dev.

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Focusing on Shanghai Port, this in-depth study explores how government support can make port organizations more competitive. This study shall implement qualitative analysis based on in-depth interviews with key industry and government leaders to break down the complicated actions taken by the government and how they have changed the operational and strategic skills of the port industry. Seven factors were found in our study to be the most crucial support factors: Financial, regulatory, infrastructure growth, talent, market, policy, and organizational support. In their ways, each of these groups undermines the ability of port businesses to compete. For instance, finance can make ports more competitive in aspects such as tax cuts, lower interest rates, innovation and R&D funds, financing programs, venture capital funds, and putting up R&D sites. Supporting regulations makes sure that there is fair competition and smooth operations. This is done by protecting intellectual property, keeping the market going smoothly, improving the business environment, and monitoring market regulations. Building new infrastructure, such as innovation and updated buildings, enables the smooth running of the port businesses and minimizes wastage of time; thus, more time is spent on production. Supporting talent, the market, and policy all work together to make the human capital, international cooperation, and strategic regulatory framework that a company needs to stay ahead in the long run. It is clear from organizational support how important collaborative networks are for making ports more competitive. These networks, for instance, can be of assistance in helping schools and businesses work together, create new technologies, and find ways for companies and colleges to study together. This study examines these support systems to determine where the government should step in and how the systems can be made better to make ports more competitive. In terms of practical contribution, this in-depth study helps policymakers and port workers plan for the future. This study shows a fair way for the government to support the port business, which changes with its needs and stays competitive in the world of trade.

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Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of government support on port industry competitiveness: A qualitative exploration

Guo,

Zeng

2024

J. Infras. Policy. Dev.

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“…As echoed by port operators present in the DigiTechPort workshop, digitalization means increasing work efficiency and reducing costs, thus aiming at overall operational excellence. But at the same time, intangible assets in the LL are associated with service customization and experimental, shared, and mutual value creation [46] (p. 3). In this context, the LL acts as a shared digital platform, a learning broker [181], and a broker undertaking a function of a learning model-a network for sustainable development based on TBL transitions [182,183].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Bearing in mind the high potentials associated with the given LL for trust building, which can naturally be linked with shared resources and obligations in a project-based working environment, the future brokerage role of the LL might grow, since aspects of enhanced trust, functional profiles, and proactive initiatives of brokers in building collaborations and relationships in ports need stronger focus in the future [46] (p. 7). By means of the LL, SMSPs are able not only to access digital technologies, but also to improve collaboration.…”

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“…The involvement of practitioners as well as researchers in the innovation and sustainability transition process is essential, as it provides access to diversified knowledge, bears a high intensity of interactions and, thus, leads to empowerment of SMSPs, making transformational impacts a reality. Therefore, it becomes essential to examine stakeholder interactions and preferences over implementing innovation solutions in sustainability discourses [44][45][46][47]. Indeed, the examination of stakeholder interactions on SMSPs not only poses a managerial challenge but also records a limited research track [48][49][50][51].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sourcing Sustainability Transition in Small and Medium-Sized Ports of the Baltic Sea Region: A Case of Sustainable Futuring with Living Labs

Gerlitz,

Meyer,

Henesey

2024

Sustainability

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The present research points to an alternative concern against the mainstream research of future ports’ development by taking a transdisciplinary approach of a Living Lab (LL) concept for a better sustainability and innovation record in Small and Medium-Sized Ports (SMSPs). Deploying qualitative research for the examination of this new phenomenon of aggregating LLs into SMSPs, this research builds upon stakeholder workshops, in-depth interviews, and designed port pilots as case studies dedicated to innovation and sustainability transition in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) at the turn of 2030. Given its rich and significant empirical foundation, the present research substantially contributes to sustainability orientation and transitions in ports. The key original elements of this study are fourfold: (1) the research provides a theoretical and practical LL framework enabling innovation and sustainability to be grasped in ports in times of technological, social, and political disruption; (2) this research increases the minimal number of existing previous efforts studying SMSPs in the transitional discourse; (3) the paper addresses not only hard technological innovation concerns but also aspects of social acceptance and the role of social interactions; (4) the research goes beyond geographical boundaries of a single port, thus providing a joint and collaborative approach towards sustainability rather than an individual perception on sustainability transition, existing networks, and clusters.

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“…According to the conventional value creation perspective, the competitive priorities, such as cost, quality, flexibility, delivery, speed, time, and innovation are determined within the frame of the customers' needs. According to the Resource-Based View, to create value, enterprises need to focus on capabilities and abilities such as human capital, equipment, facilities, knowledge, and competencies as resources [19]. Therefore, in this study, agile leadership and dynamic capabilities have been handled as antecedent variables for creating value based on the conventional perspective, which would contribute to economic sustainability.…”

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Agile Leadership from the Perspective of Dynamic Capabilities and Creating Value

Kaya

2023

Sustainability

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This article aims to contribute to a leadership-based theory of dynamic capabilities and creating value. As a contribution to the economic dimension of sustainability, the mediation role of dynamic capabilities in the effect of agile leadership on creating value has been examined within the framework of the developed hypotheses and the relationships and interactions among agile leadership, dynamic capabilities, and creating value have been revealed. In this context, the data were obtained from 540 participants who work as middle- and upper-level managers in medium-sized and large-sized enterprises in various cities in the northwest of Turkiye, such as Sakarya, Kocaeli, and Istanbul, which are the locomotives of the Turkish economy. Structural Equation Modeling (AMOS) was used to examine the interaction between variables. The findings of this research demonstrate that dynamic capabilities have a full intermediary effect on the impact of agile leadership on creating value.

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Value Creation for Sustainability in Port: Perspectives of Analysis and Future Research Directions

Cited by 10 publications

References 76 publications

The impact of government support on port industry competitiveness: A qualitative exploration

The impact of government support on port industry competitiveness: A qualitative exploration

Sourcing Sustainability Transition in Small and Medium-Sized Ports of the Baltic Sea Region: A Case of Sustainable Futuring with Living Labs

Agile Leadership from the Perspective of Dynamic Capabilities and Creating Value

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