This research is to evaluate whether and how global port reform efforts since the early 1990s strongly pursued in many Pacific Rim countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China and many other ports in Latin America contribute to higher productivity. The research, as the basis of Mr....

This research is to evaluate whether and how global port reform efforts since the early 1990s strongly pursued in many Pacific Rim countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China and many other ports in Latin America contribute to higher productivity. The research, as the basis of Mr....

This dissertation conducts comprehensive analyses on global seaport institutions and port infrastructure productivity. It also examines the determinants of port output and the roles port institutions play in driving port infrastructure productivity. Specifically, the dissertation analyzes the...

Emerging new information and transportation technologies in data processing, communications, and vehicle control and navigation are often expected to become a promising underpinning in tackling the chronic transportation problems. Yet, at least so far, intelligent infrastructure and vehicle...

In all of the world's cities, the most acute transportation problems of congestion, accident and air pollution are severe today and growing worse rapidly. In the US, today as many as 120 million residents live in areas with unhealthy air. Motor vehicle crashes account for 90% of all...

The idea of automated driving dates back more than 50 years, when General Motors (GM) presented a vision of "driverless" vehicles moved under automated control at the 1939 World's Fairs in New York. In the late 1950's, research by industrial organizations conceptualized automated vehicles...

Recent research suggests that the sales rate of a product would increase immediately after a seller posts a "scarcity message" to alert potential consumers that there are only a few units left in inventory. Knowing this effect, should an online seller post scarcity messages? In this technical...

Unlike in a traditional store environment where inventory is directly visible to customers, Internet retailers can selectively choose how to divulge inventory level information to customers. For example, when viewing a particular item page, online shoppers may either see merely “in stock” or...

Given varied consumer perceptions of inventory information, online retailers' presentation of such information influences purchase behavior. We investigate an online retailer's optimal inventory disclosure policy assuming two distinct consumer segments: savvy (or, experienced) consumers, who can...

To influence demand, some online retailers post messages (e.g., “5 units or less left in stock”) on their product pages to signal impending stockouts. These “scarcity” messages provide consumers “partial” inventory information, revealing only an upper bound on the number of units...