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Productivity, Efficiency and Technological Change in Indian Ports

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  • Prabir De

    (Bengal Port Ltd, 2, Clive Ghat Street, Calcutta 700 001, India. Email: prabirde@hotmail.com)

  • Buddhadeb Ghosh

    (Humanities and Social Science Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India. Email: buddhadeb_ghosh@yahoo.com; buddha@hss.iitkgp.ernet.in)

Abstract

This paper attempts to explore the relationship between productivity, efficiency and technological change in Indian ports. By employing a comparative static framework, we have shown that Indian ports have witnessed a significant technological metamorphosis in terms of capital use. Increasing use of overhead capital has produced significant improvement in productivities. These findings have important implications for the application of new technology in the port sector in LDCs, particularly in India. As technology has become truly global and old geographical barriers have been narrowing, the future growth of a port has become highly contingent upon how fast it accommodates the new technology and improved services.International Journal of Maritime Economics (2002) 4, 348–368. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.ijme.9100051

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  • Prabir De & Buddhadeb Ghosh, 2002. "Productivity, Efficiency and Technological Change in Indian Ports," Maritime Economics & Logistics, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), vol. 4(4), pages 348-368, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:marecl:v:4:y:2002:i:4:p:348-368
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    2. Antonio Estache & Sergio Perelman & Lourdes Trujillo, 2006. "Infrastructure Reform in Developing Economies: Evidence from a survey of efficiency measures," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/44062, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    3. Ducruet, Cesar & Tsubota, Kenmei, 2018. "Regional disintegration in South Asia : evidence from the end of the British Empire on maritime networks," IDE Discussion Papers 708, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    4. Deepankar Sinha & Virupaxi Bagodi, 2019. "A Causal Review of Dynamics in Indian Ports," IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, , vol. 8(1), pages 60-73, January.
    5. Tim Coelli & Denis Lawrence (ed.), 2006. "Performance Measurement and Regulation of Network Utilities," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 3801.

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