Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The Role of Port Competencies in Strategic Competitiveness on the Performance of Ports in Khuzestan Province

Document Type : Original Manuscript

Authors
Razieh Feeli 1
Mohammad Hossin Alaee 2
1 Department of management, Faculty of of Economics and Social Sciences, Shahid ChamranUniversity of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 Faculty of management and economy, Khorramshahr International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorramshahr, Iran
10.22113/jmst.2018.113222.2101
Abstract
The aim of this study was to The Role of Port Competencies in Strategic Competitiveness on the Performance of Ports in Khuzestan Province (service competence, marketing competence and informational competence). This study is the target of numerous applied researches. According to the method of data collection, the research include descriptive preceding studies (non-experimental) and causal respectively. Methods This study library - field is the first to refer to hardware resources (such as printed books and papers valid) and software resources (such as digital books and articles from scientific websites) to review and extract indexes study and then were collected through a questionnaire. The population of the research areas of strategic and financial executives and professionals are the ports of the province. It was estimated number of 82 people. The sample size was estimated by Morgan table of 68 people. However, due to the limited size of the population for collecting information and access to the whole population, a questionnaire was distributed among all the population. In this study, data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics in the form of software SPSS (22.0) and PLS (3) is used. The results showed that all three types of competencies (marketing, service and information) on Strategic Competitiveness positive and significant effect on both performance and strategic competitiveness of financial performance and strategic performance was effective.
Keywords
Port Competency
strategic Competitiveness
ports performance
Ports of Khuzestan Province
Structural Equation Model

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Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Volume 20, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Autumn 2021
Pages 124-143

  • Receive Date 10 January 2018
  • Revise Date 19 June 2018
  • Accept Date 07 July 2018
  • Publish Date 22 May 2021