This chapter presents methodologies for evaluating the economic performance of a port.
This performance may be evaluated from the standpoint of technical efficiency, cost …

Most practical and theoretical approaches to port performance measurement benchmarking
are reducible to three broad categories: performance metrics and index methods, economic …

Although there is widespread recognition of the potential of ports as logistics centres, widely
accepted performance measurements for such centres have yet to be developed. The …

Port Economics is the study of the economic decisions (and their consequences) of the
users and providers of port services. A port works as an" engine" for economic development …

内容提要: 本文利用数据包络分析法(DEA) 对我国50 家主要沿海港口1999—2002
年的经营效率进行总体分析与评价, 并利用Malmquist 生产率指数对这些沿海港口的效率变动 …

This paper shows how measures of relative efficiency performance could promote yardstick
competition between port infrastructure operators. The illustration is based on a study of the …

The purpose of this paper is to further an understanding of the port sector through a
systematic analysis of the existing studies assessing the economic efficiency and …

This paper evaluates how port institutional reforms influenced efficiency gains between
1991 and 2004. We constructed a panel data for port ownership, corporate structure, and …

This paper undertakes two tasks: measurement of seaport infrastructure productivity growth
in North America from 1984 to 1997, and exploration of several theorized causal …

Understanding performance is a concept fundamental to any business, whether it is the
measuring of achievements against set goals and objectives or, against the competition …