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Maritime Cluster Attractiveness Index
Maritime Business Review Pub Date : 2019-06-17 , DOI: 10.1108/mabr-11-2018-0044
Ioannis Lagoudis , Eleftherios M. Madentzoglou , Ioannis N. Theotokas , Tsz Leung Yip

Purpose The role of clusters in the development and growth of local and national economies has been extensively studied and discussed in global literature. Different methodologies are used for analysing the impact these have in national and regional economies, such as the input–output (IO) and gravity models. This paper aims to detail the methodologies present in the literature and propose a new robust theoretical framework, which facilitates the evaluation and comparison among maritime clusters in terms of attractiveness assisting stakeholders to devise strategies, which will attract companies. Design/methodology/approach An index is created composed of five key categories, namely, infrastructure, financing, governance, manpower and institution/legislation. For the analysis of the index, multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT) is used as a tool to evaluate the importance and performance of the different attributes using both quantitative and qualitative criteria. The methodology has been tested via the use the Piraeus maritime cluster. Findings The framework has been tested on its robustness and friendliness to the user providing useful insights to the stakeholders. Among the results has been the importance of the finance, manpower and infrastructure attributes, which appear to promote the cluster’s attractiveness. In addition, legislation and institutional partnerships, along with Government support, need to take place improve the performance of the cluster. Research limitations/implications A key limitation is the fact that the methodology has been tested in a single case. Applying the methodological framework in a wider sample of clusters will significantly improve the present work. Originality/value The proposed model takes further existing research in the field via adopting the philosophy of the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index. Among the benefits of the proposed index is that it offers the flexibility and robustness to compare among different maritime clusters globally and can be readily used as a benchmarking policy tool at national, regional and global levels at any given point in time and attribute dimension.

中文翻译:

海洋集群吸引力指数

目的在全球文献中已经广泛研究和讨论了集群在地方和国家经济发展和增长中的作用。使用不同的方法来分析这些方法对国家和地区经济的影响,例如投入产出(IO)和引力模型。本文旨在详细介绍现有文献中的方法,并提出一个新的稳健的理论框架,该框架有助于在吸引力方面帮助评估和比较海上集群之间的差异,从而帮助利益相关者制定战略,从而吸引公司。设计/方法/方法创建一个索引,该索引由五个关键类别组成,即基础结构,融资,治理,人力和机构/立法。为了分析指标,多属性效用理论(MAUT)被用作使用定量和定性标准评估不同属性的重要性和性能的工具。该方法已通过使用比雷埃夫斯海上集群进行了测试。结果该框架已经过健壮性和对用户友好的测试,可为利益相关者提供有用的见解。结果是财务,人力和基础设施属性的重要性,这些属性似乎在促进集群的吸引力。此外,需要进行立法和建立机构伙伴关系,并在政府的支持下,改善集群的绩效。研究局限/含义一个关键局限性是该方法已在单个案例中进行了测试。在更广泛的集群样本中应用方法框架将大大改善当前的工作。独创性/价值通过采用世界银行的物流绩效指数的理念,提出的模型在该领域进行了进一步的研究。拟议指数的优点之一是它提供了灵活性和鲁棒性,可以在全球不同海域之间进行比较,并且可以随时用作国家,区域和全球各级任何给定时间点和属性维度的基准政策工具。
更新日期:2019-06-17
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