2016
DOI: 10.1504/ijstl.2016.075012
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Investigating the strategies for Australian regional ports' involvement in regional development

Abstract: The growth of regional ports (in sub-national context) and their host regions is conditional upon one another. A regional port requires a vision for growing its business as well as its region. To achieve this goal, it is essential for regional ports to initiate effective strategies. This paper explores the pertinent factors and strategic initiatives for effective involvement of Australian regional ports in regional development through a questionnaire survey to Australian regional port stakeholders. Using explo… Show more

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“…Hence, environmental innovativeness is another important frontier, as environmental issues become increasingly prominent [52,53]. As organizations become more pro-active in addressing environmental concerns, environmental innovativeness becomes an increasingly important capability [54,55]. This is because environmental innovativeness presents organizations state-of-the-art problem solving vis-à-vis the implementation of eco-initiatives [12].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hence, environmental innovativeness is another important frontier, as environmental issues become increasingly prominent [52,53]. As organizations become more pro-active in addressing environmental concerns, environmental innovativeness becomes an increasingly important capability [54,55]. This is because environmental innovativeness presents organizations state-of-the-art problem solving vis-à-vis the implementation of eco-initiatives [12].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The literature adds more about the social roles of ports by including a reference to their role in regional development [35,[45][46][47][48][49][50], with ([27], p. 2) providing an example of how ports can "rise the welfare of citizens, enhancing social welfare in terms of income, employment, living environment, security and other aspects (macro-economic or social dimension)". The view of the ports as social developers includes different phases of port development.…”
Section: Review Of the Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…When it comes to regional development, seaports employ a variety of techniques (Sakalayen, Chen & Cahoon 2016). Those techniques include association to create supply chain efficiency, collaboration with regional organisations for regional growth, proactive role in the regional innovation system and port's environmental and social responsibility.…”
Section: Penang Portmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They can benefit the economy by boosting the volume of shipping generated in a given region. Increased production volume should attract additional investment to the region, which, depending on government policy, should increase the number of available jobs and lower the area's overall unemployment rate (Sakalayen et al 2016(Sakalayen et al , 2017.…”
Section: Penang Portmentioning
confidence: 99%