INNOVATION AMONG SEAPORT OPERATORS : A QCA APPROACHFOR DETERMINING SUCCESS CONDITIONS

The poor innovative strength displayed by the transport sector in the broadsense often contrasts strongly with that evidenced in other sectors. At the same time, it canbe observed that quite a lot of innovative concepts in transportation have been studied indetail. This paper assesses which chain im...

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Published in:Rivista internazionale di economia dei trasporti 2016-01, Vol.43 (3), p.291
Main Authors: Vanelslander, Thierry, Sys, Christa, Carlan, Valentin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative analysis
Infrastructure
Innovations
Operators
Policy making
Success
Transportation
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Summary:The poor innovative strength displayed by the transport sector in the broadsense often contrasts strongly with that evidenced in other sectors. At the same time, it canbe observed that quite a lot of innovative concepts in transportation have been studied indetail. This paper assesses which chain impacts an innovation entails, what conditions willconduce actors to innovate, or prevent them from doing so, and finally also what governmentscan do to stimulate innovation. The present paper makes an application to innovationby seaport-related operators through a number of cases. For collecting the standardizedinformation, use is made of existing documents as well as sector and project contactson the cases at hand, on which a scientific review is performed. In order to draw meaningfulconclusions from the set of cases, the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA)technique is used. The analysis shows that no unique recipe for innovation success exists,but that four sub-groups of cases can be discerned which have common characteristics thatconsistently lead to innovation success, dealing respectively with the terminal operators,the shipping lines, infrastructure and the innovation champion. The findings are particularlyrelevant for those in business and in policy-making who are involved in implementingor promoting innovation.
ISSN:0303-5247
1724-2185