Port Sustainability and Stakeholder Management in Supply Chains: A Framework on Resource Dependence Theory

Şakar, Gül Denktaş; Karatas-Cetın, Cimen

doi:10.1016/j.ajsl.2013.01.002

Cited by 126 publications

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“…Finally, thanks to the review conducted, especially by considering studies by Puig and colleagues [11,12], Puig and colleagues [13], Puig et al [14], Segui et al [15], Peris-Mora et al [16] and Denktas-Sakar and Karatas-Cetin [17], we investigate the environmental sustainability phenomenon in the seaports identifying and suggesting managerial accounting instruments and training as useful and effective solutions overcoming the limitations of the current environmental regulations and literature.…”

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Management Innovation for Environmental Sustainability in Seaports: Managerial Accounting Instruments and Training for Competitive Green Ports beyond the Regulations

2018

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Abstract:In the last 30 years, environmental sustainability has been receiving increasing attention by scholars and operators. All the seaport stakeholders, including port authorities (PAs), policy-makers, port users, any port stakeholders, and local communities, must invest substantial resources to achieve high competitiveness with respect of the environment. Drawing from the extant regulations system and conducting a deep review of the main contributions on the phenomenon, this conceptual study suggests managerial accounting instruments and training, which are still under-researched, as effective measures for enforcing and encouraging green port development. This three-step study consists of a systematic review of the regulatory frameworks and literature on the phenomenon, and an outline of the gap of the legislative framework and research, from a management innovation perspective, where effective managerial practices for environmental sustainability are not successfully suggested and implemented within seaports. On the one hand, the Balanced Scorecard and Tableau de Bord are identified and proposed as managerial accounting instruments for assessing, monitoring, measuring, controlling, and reporting the organizational processes of port players, mainly PAs, for developing competitive green ports. On the other hand, training has been suggested to educate and guide the human resources at all organizational levels within seaports, for supporting and developing awareness and behavioral attitudes in the direction of environmental sustainability.

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Management Innovation for Environmental Sustainability in Seaports: Managerial Accounting Instruments and Training for Competitive Green Ports beyond the Regulations

2018

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“…Later, apply a stakeholder perspective to the Port of Antwerp, arguing that port planning is a path-dependent process partly shaped by the way in which it is dealt with the relevant stakeholders. The study by Denktas-Sakar and Karatas-Cetin (2012) identifies the influence of supply chain stakeholders on the sustainability of ports which is one of the key goals in port management. Meanwhile, Hall and Jacobs (2010) elaborate on the proximity between actors from both a geographical and an organisational perspective.…”

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Strategic beliefs of port authorities

2016

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Over the last decade, insights from the strategic management discipline have increasingly been applied to ports. A review of literature shows that in the analysis of port authority strategy, mainly outside-in approaches are applied. This paper adds to the emerging understanding of the port authority's strategy by applying a cognitive perspective. Specifically, the strategic cognition of firms' executives is one of the explanatory variables behind firms' strategic decisions. Furthermore, cognitions are influenced by the organisational contexts in which port authority executives have worked. As a result, managerial "mental maps' may vary across industry contexts and over time. This research investigates the strategic cognition of a global set of port authority executives through a survey-based instrument. The results show that, to a large extent, PAs resemble "regular" forprofit companies, but that they possess some specific beliefs that distinguish them from "regular" companies. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Sustainable development in port operations means 'business strategies and activities' in order to accommodate the current and future needs of the port and its stakeholders, protecting and sustaining human and natural resources [1]. Therefore, to successfully achieve sustainability in port operations, ports need to a balance between valuable land, labour and technology, as well as to perform as a multifunctional business centre which can produce added-value and the growth in its host city [5,6], as sustainability issues including economic stability, low environmental impacts and social responsibility shed a new light on the port operations literature [14].…”

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“…As a result, organizations and industries related to port operations have progressively begun to translate sustainability issues from a side-lined management concern into a core issue directly related to collaboration and governance for enhancing efficiency and competitiveness [1,3,10].…”

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“…As port functions change to act as an economic catalyst and take on a central position in industries engaged in international maritime transport, issues of economic stability and corporate responsibility shed new light on port operations [1][2][3]. Moreover, with increasing environmental consciousness, ports need to improve their operational sustainability within the bounds of the environmental regulations, by accommodating stakeholder expectations [3,4].…”

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Conceptual Model Development of Sustainability Practices: The Case of Port Operations for Collaboration and Governance

Kang¹,

Kim

2017

Sustainability

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Sustainability practices in port operations are critical issue to achieve port sustainability involving economic, social and environmental issues. To assist ports to successfully implant sustainability practices into their operations, this paper conceptualized the structure of sustainability practices in international port operations, by clustering the relevant issues, empirically. Using 203 samples collected from port stakeholders in the major ports in Northeast Asia, multi-measurement items were analyzed on exploratory factor analysis in SPSS 21. Results generated a structure that consists of five sub-dimensions conceptualizing sustainability practices in the context of port operations. As operative practices to accommodate current and future demands in a port, the five-factor model clustering the relevant issues incorporate environmental technologies, process and quality improvement, monitoring and upgrading, communication and cooperation, and active participation. Providing useful insights for strategic agenda to assist ports to incorporate sustainability practices in their operations, the five-factor model offer both a descriptive and diagnostic management tool for future improvement in port operations.

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Port Sustainability and Stakeholder Management in Supply Chains: A Framework on Resource Dependence Theory

Cited by 126 publications

References 24 publications

Management Innovation for Environmental Sustainability in Seaports: Managerial Accounting Instruments and Training for Competitive Green Ports beyond the Regulations

Management Innovation for Environmental Sustainability in Seaports: Managerial Accounting Instruments and Training for Competitive Green Ports beyond the Regulations

Strategic beliefs of port authorities

Conceptual Model Development of Sustainability Practices: The Case of Port Operations for Collaboration and Governance

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