港埠競爭模型之理論建置

DEVELOPING A THEORETICAL MODEL OF PORT COMPETITION

隨著國際海上運輸之貨櫃化以及貨櫃船舶之大型化，區域港埠間之競爭也就愈顯激烈。然而在港埠競爭行為之相關文獻研究中，其大都是屬實證研究。相對的，嘗試以學理方式來探討港埠競爭行為之相關文獻，就顯得相當稀少。而本研究乃在嘗試建構一具學理意涵之理論模型，來詮釋現代港埠間之競爭行為，並據以提出更具學理基礎之港埠競爭策略。

Due to the containerization of international sea transportation and the uprising containership size, the inter-port competition is getting intensive. Nevertheless, most of the research related to the port competition have focused on the empirical studies. In contrast, research on the development of theoretical-oriented derivatives is quite scarce. This paper has developed a theoretical model to demonstrate the competitive behaviors among ports. Furthermore, the findings followed on the derivatives of this paper are expected to shed some light on the strategies of port competition with theoretical basis.