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Appendix 1: <strong>The</strong> Survey 237<br />

Cluster governance<br />

Cluster governance: <strong>The</strong> co-ordination <strong>of</strong> activities in the port cluster. Different mechanisms, such as markets,<br />

14. Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following propositions:<br />

Proposition Opinion<br />

A culture <strong>of</strong> trust increases the quality <strong>of</strong> the governance <strong>of</strong> a cluster because it<br />

lowers transaction costs and enables co-operation.<br />

15. Please indicate the importance <strong>of</strong> six intermediaries for lowering transaction costs and enabling<br />

co-operation in the port cluster, by ranking them from 1 (most important one) to 6 (least<br />

important one).<br />

16. Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following propositions:<br />

Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

<strong>The</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> ‘leader firms’ increases the quality <strong>of</strong> the governance <strong>of</strong> a cluster. Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

<strong>The</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> intermediaries increases the quality <strong>of</strong> the governance <strong>of</strong> a cluster,<br />

because intermediaries lower transaction costs and enable co-operation.<br />

Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

Differences in the governance <strong>of</strong> a cluster influence the performance <strong>of</strong> that cluster. Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

<strong>The</strong> development <strong>of</strong> port clusters is the result <strong>of</strong> the interplay <strong>of</strong> market forces and<br />

(inter)national policies. <strong>The</strong> quality <strong>of</strong> local governance does not have a substantial<br />

effect on the performance <strong>of</strong> the cluster.<br />

Intermediary Rank<br />

Ship’s agents<br />

Forwarders<br />

Shipbrokers<br />

Associations<br />

Commodity traders<br />

Non asset-owning logistics service providers<br />

inter firms alliances, associations and public-private organisations, are used to co-ordinate<br />

activities.<br />

Leader firms: Firms that have a superior ability to coordinate activities.<br />

Knowledge intermediaries: Firms or associations that possess, gather and ‘distribute’ knowledge and information.<br />

Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

Proposition Opinion<br />

<strong>The</strong> accessibility <strong>of</strong> knowledge and information sources influences the performance <strong>of</strong> Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

the port cluster.<br />

Many firms in the port cluster access knowledge and information through contacts with Agree / disagree/ no opinion<br />

‘knowledge intermediaries’ located in the cluster.

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