Corporate responsibility and value creation in the port sector

The paper reviews existing literature on corporate responsibility (CR) in the port sector and proposes a conceptual framework that brings together the CR drivers in port environmental strategies. The conceptual framework is derived from the existing literature and is based on institutional theory. The literature review is supported by a discussion on CR strategies in 10 major ports around the world. The paper argues that ports tend to replicate environmental strategies across regions and learn from each other, and that a competitive focus on logistics tends to strengthen the importance of CR and in particular of environmental performance in ports. For some ports CR has become an integral part of their value creation proposition mostly as a result of competitive pressure. Furthermore, the paper advances also a correspondence between the degree of port agility and the CR profile of the port. Managerial and policy implications are also discussed.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2015.1027150
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis.
• Authors:
  • Acciaro, Michele
• Publication Date: 2015-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 291-311
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1367-5567
  • EISSN: 1469-848X
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjol20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Competition; Corporations; Environmental impacts; Logistics; Ports
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01567917
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 27 2015 3:00PM