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Making Strategic Choices for Asia-Pacific Shipping

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  • J E Hawkins

    (*Asia Pacific Maritime Institute, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia)

  • R Gray

    (♦University of Plymouth, UK)

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While the importance of strategy to an organisation's competitiveness is gaining wide interest within the maritime industry, very little industry-based research has been conducted on the subject. Of what is available, most research focuses on Northern Europe and Northern America, with scant regard for the Asia-Pacific, which has become a major shipping power in recent decades. To address these gaps in the literature, a three-year study focusing on strategic choices by Asia-Pacific shipowners has been conducted. The study analyses the strategic choices made by Asia-Pacific shipowners at the corporate level and develops a conceptual model of corporate strategy selection for Asia-Pacific shipping. Data are collected through a mail survey, interviews and computer simulation. Results show a high degree of congruence with two primary findings emerging: there is strong support for the set of assumptions on corporate strategic choices, but the assumptions have to be modified to reflect a general tendency among Asia-Pacific shipowners to combine different strategies for greater strategic control.International Journal of Maritime Economics (1999) 1, 57–71; doi:10.1057/ijme.1999.12

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  • J E Hawkins & R Gray, 1999. "Making Strategic Choices for Asia-Pacific Shipping," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 1(2), pages 57-71, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:1:y:1999:i:2:p:57-71
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