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Emperical part: three cases of seaport clusters
The Performance of Seaport Clusters
7 Analyzing the performance of seaport clusters 71
7.1 Goals of the empirical research 72
7.2 A case study approach 72
7.3 Sources for the case study research 73
7.4 Selection of the port experts 74
7.5 Survey structure 76
7.6 Selection of cases 78
8 Clustering in seaports 83
8.1 Literature on port clusters 83
8.2 The economic specialization of seaport clusters 85
8.3 Port cluster activities and non-business organizations 85
8.4 The relevant port cluster region 96
8.5 The cluster population and port region in Rotterdam 96
8.6 The cluster population and port region in Durban 100
8.7 The cluster population and port region in the LMPC 101
9 Structure, governance and performance in seaport clusters; literature review and
research issues 105
9.1 Structure and performance in port clusters; literature review 105
9.2 Structure and performance in port clusters; research set-up 109
9.3 Governance and performance in seaports; literature review 111
9.4 Governance and performance in port clusters; research set-up 119
10 Structure and performance in seaport clusters; results of the case studies 121
10.1 Agglomeration economies 122
10.2 Internal competition 126
10.3 Cluster barriers 130
10.4 Cluster heterogeneity 132
10.5 The importance of the variables of the cluster structure 134
10.6 Conclusions: cluster structure and performance 136
11 Governance and performance in seaport clusters; results of the case studies 137
11.1 Trust 138
11.2 Intermediaries 139
11.3 Leader firms 142
11.4 Collective action regimes 143
11.5 The importance of the variables related to cluster governance 173
11.6 Conclusions: cluster governance and performance 175
12 Analyzing strengths and weaknesses of Seaport clusters 177
12.1 Strengths and weaknesses of Rotterdam’s port cluster 180
12.2 Strengths and weaknesses of Durban’s port cluster 184
12.3 Strengths and weaknesses of the LMPC 186