The main objective of this paper is to analyze the competitiveness of the main maritime Port sited in Portugal - Port of Sines. This paper is developed under the Resource-based view approach. A literature review about the Resource-based view is presented with a special highlight on the...

Are cities ready for self-driving, artificially intelligent, vehicles and robotics? The urban marketplace is increasingly filled with products emblematic of “smart” cities, from widely discussed autonomous vehicles to smaller variations on the theme, such as robotics for delivery, security,...

The prime objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the nature of technological progress in selected STUs. To examine this issue, a translog cost function is estimated jointly with factor share equations subject to required coefficient restrictions by using the method of 'Zellner's...

In pre-industrial Europe, rising productivity both in agriculture and in industry depended on the expansion of trade, and the expansion of trade depended in turn on the reduction of trading costs. An important component of trading costs--for some goods the most important--was the cost of...

The prime objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the nature of scale economies in State Transport Undertakings (STUs) in India on the basis of a sample of medium- and large-size Indian states for which consistent data are available. To examine this issue, a translog cost function...

This paper explores the effect of the High Speed Rail (HSR) network expansion on local innovation in China during the period 2008-2016. Using exogenous variation arising from a novel instrument - courier’s stations during the Ming dynasty, we find solid evidence that the opening of a HSR...

Governments around the world are launching projects that embed artificial intelligence (AI) in the delivery of public services. How can government officials navigate the complexities of AI projects and deliver successful outcomes? Using a review of the existing literature and interviews with...

Currently, in India, there are sixty-four State Transport Undertakings (STUs) operating in various states, which play a major role in providing short, as well as medium distance passenger mobility. The regulated environment in which STUs operate imposes many qualitative, as well as quantitative...

Are pandemics the end of cities? Or, do they present an opportunity for us to reshape cities in ways making us even more innovative, successful and sustainable? Pandemics such as COVID-19 (and comparable disruptions) have caused intense debates over the future of cities.Through a series of...

The paper provides insights about the automotive industry in Pakistan, first, by determining the structure and composition of the sector and its contribution to employment of the industry. We find out that although the industry is beginning to make a significant contribution to the Pakistani...