Capacity investment and efficiency cost estimations in major East Asian ports

• Main Author: LOW, Joyce M. W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: port efficiency; competitiveness benchmarking; cost savings; port capacity investments; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Asian Studies; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Transportation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3234; https://doi.org/10.1057/mel.2010.13
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study applies an integrated suite of Data Envelopment Analysis models to investigate the various sources of efficiency contributing to the overall efficiency of major ports in Asia and estimates the amount of savings a port can potentially achieve through intelligent capital investments that pr...