Maritime clusters have spawned considerable scholarly work in recent years owing to their
crucial effect on regional economic development and global shipping resource allocation …

Shipping is a pivotal industry not only for transportation, but for the global economy. In
today's globalized world, most goods are being transported by ships. However, the high …

Shipbrokers hold a very important role in shipping, as their involvement in bridging supply
and demand in the industry is critical. Shipping, a modern yet highly traditional industry, has …

Abstract The Blue Economy (BE) is rapidly becoming one of the most commonly applied
regional economic paradigms in coastal and maritime regions globally. Since the late …

This article analyses the economic size and resilience of five established definitions of the
Blue Economy across two geographical locations: Scotland (UK) and Michigan (USA). The …

For decades, research into the domain of maritime clusters has provided interesting results,
for practice and academia alike. The body of knowledge has crystalized into the conclusive …

Maritime clusters are important industrial constructs, for they have the potential to transform
regions into beacons of global competitiveness. Clusters achieve this end-result through the …

For decades, maritime clusters have been relishing distinct attention from policy, practice,
and academia. The regional phenomenon coined as a cluster has been found to provide an …

Maritime clusters formulate appealing objects of study, for many viewpoints. At the same
time, the theory is not homogenous nor compartmentalized, although some main themes do …

The extant literature on innovation in maritime clusters is predominantly concerned with
understanding the innovative activities of maritime firms in terms of outputs and how they are …