The Role of Offshore Shipping Centres in Transportation Management: An Empirical Study of Management and Employee Attitudes

From: International Journal of Management | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: Chang, Ya-Fu | Copyright information

In 1997, Taiwan launched the Kaohsiung Harbor Offshore Shipping Center, which the Taiwan government regarded as a "third place for sea-trade," apart from Taiwan and PR China. This study analyzes the attitudes of administrators and employees of shipping companies and port authority towards the role of the offshore shipping center and the problems it has encountered. A total of 160 questionnaires were distributed to subjects randomly sampled from four various business units of Taiwan's three ma...

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