This paper presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the outcomes of potential competitive strategies and their expected payoffs for container terminal operators in the container handling industry. The framework is based on the integration of Bowley's linear model of aggregate demand of...

Modern ports, operating in a new environment, constitute links in the door to door transportation. This new environment is characterized by the intensification of inter port and intra port competition. The reduction of risks, derived from this vigorously competitive environment through the...