Abstract
Ports currently face increasing demands to address a variety of environmental issues and achieve sustainability objectives. Using insights from the resource-based view of firms, this study examines the link between economic performance (EP) and environmental performance (ENP) of the top 10 U.S. seaports. Geospatial modeling is used to capture pollution incidents that can be geographically dispersed; in addition, both a bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach and an undesirable DEA model are used to measure port ENP and EP. Our findings are in general consistent with assertions that positive EP can be attained in conjunction with good environmental practices. Ports’ capabilities of strategic capital investment in physical assets, collaborative interorganizational processes, and performance monitoring are essential, while they pursue both economic and environmental goals simultaneously.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 227-247 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Maritime Policy and Management |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 17 2017 |
Keywords
- Sustainability
- bootstrap DEA
- environmental performance
- kernel density estimation
- port pollution
- resource-based view of firms
- undesirable DEA
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Transportation
- Ocean Engineering
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law