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Study on Network Structure and it's Effects by Alliance Formation in International Transport

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15530159
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Applied economics
Research InstitutionKobe University (2004)
神戸商船大学 (2003)

Principal Investigator

YOSHIDA Shigeru  Kobe University, Faculty of Maritime Sciences, Professor, 海事科学部, 教授 (90158444)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
KeywordsAlliance / Route Network / Business Performance / Economy of Scope / Economy of Density / Economy of Network / Competition among Hub-Ports / ネットワーク / 国際交通
Research Abstract

Since the 1980s, economic development and growth of container trade in East Asia brought about the appearance of new container ports in the liner shipping trades routes. On the other hand, after alliance formation, container liner services have become high quality, i.e. many service points, high frequency, short transit time etc. by many and various loops based on many ships of alliances. Then the structural changes of route networks or fleet operation networks in the liner shipping have occurred. The port-calling configurations and route network structures drastically changed within intra-Asia area and the competition among Asia ports has become further violent. Before alliance formation the competition was among Hub ports, though after alliance formation, the competition has become between Hub ports and new trunk ports grown from feeder ports with a high possibility of growth.
The alliance has been influencing cost reduction and service quality of alliance members. More important effe … More cts on the members of alliances come from the enrichment of service quality by network enlargement. The network economy has two types of economies. One is the externality of network on the demand side and the other is the economy of scope or network on the supply side. Although the two economies are interdependent, the most important attribute for both economies is the network scale. The first result of the analysis done proves that the network configuration of the members in each alliances of liner shipping is an important factors in the formation of alliances and the number of port calling as a service point or network variable is effective in realizing the externality of network and the economy of scope in the case study of Japanese liner shipping companies. The second is as follows. As it is very difficult for each airline to design freely the route structure to demonstrate the effect of aircraft size, the route of pursuing high frequent service to fulfill customer satisfactions is taken. For liner shipping, as well as for airlines, customers are acquired by increasing the number of service points and frequencies. However, an important variable of demand functions for liner shipping is average cost or average ship size, and the influences of service points and frequencies are relatively small. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (12 results) Publications (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Structural Changes of Container Route Network in East Asia after Alliance Formation2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida, K.H.Kim
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Korea trade Vol.8 No.1

      Pages: 5-24

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Study on Air Freight Transport Selection in International Physical Distribution- Focusing on Japan/Asia Trade2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida, S.Fei
    • Journal Title

      IAME, Annual Conference 2004 Conference Proceedings Vol.1

      Pages: 222-237

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Sea Transport in Asia - Competition with Air Freight Transport Focusing on Japan/Asia Trade2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      Collected Works - The 1^<st> Meeting of Pan Asia Association of Maritime Engineering Societies

      Pages: 11-26

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Structural Changes of Container Route Network In East Asia after Alliance Formation2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida, K.H.Kim
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Korea Trade Vol.8, No.1

      Pages: 5-24

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Study on Air Freight Transport Selection in International Physical Distribution - Focusing on Japan/Asia Trade2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida, S.Fei
    • Journal Title

      IAME, Annual Conference 2004 Conference Proceedings Vol.1

      Pages: 222-237

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Structural Changes of Container Route Network in East Asia after Alliance Formation2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida, K.H.Kim
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Korea Trade Vol.8 No.1

      Pages: 5-24

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Study on Air Freight Transort Selection in International Physical Distribution-Focusing on Japan/Asia Trade2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida, S.Fei
    • Journal Title

      IAME, Annual Conference 2004 Conference Proceedings Vol.1

      Pages: 222-237

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Sea Transport in Asia - Competition with Air Freight Transport Focusing on Japan/Asia Trade2004

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      Collected Works-The 1^<st> Meeting of Pan Asian Association of Maritime Engineering Societies

      Pages: 11-26

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 東アジアにおけるアライアンス形成前後のコンテナルートネットワーク構造の変化について2003

    • Author(s)
      吉田 茂
    • Journal Title

      海事交通研究 52号

      Pages: 49-77

    • NAID

      40006003070

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Network Effects of Alliance in International Transport2003

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIDA Shigeru
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Shipping and Logistics Vol.39

      Pages: 188-205

    • NAID

      40005495972

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Changes of Container Route Network Structure in East Asia before and after Alliance Formation2003

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      Maritime Study Vol.52

      Pages: 49-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Network Effects of Alliance in International Transport2003

    • Author(s)
      S.Yoshida
    • Journal Title

      The Journal of Shipping and Logistics Vol.39

      Pages: 188-205

    • NAID

      40005495972

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 吉田 茂: "東アジアにおけるアライアンス形成前後のコンテナルートネットワーク構造の変化について"海事交通研究. 52号. 49-77 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 金 広煕: "A Study on the Selection Factor of the Partner in Strategic Alliance of Container Shipping (in Korea)"海運物流研究. 第38号. 47-70 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] YOSHIDA Shigeru: "Network Effects of Alliances in International Transport"海運物流研究. 第39号. 188-205 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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