Survey and Research on the Formation Mechanism of Port Company's International Competitiveness

Fei Qin

School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, China

Abstract: Based on the theoretical model of the formation mechanism of port company’s international competitiveness from the perspective of Resource-based View, this paper confirms that the enterprises under survey for the empirical research of the model are the port companies listed either in Shanghai, Shenzhen ｏｒ Hong Kong through a pilot survey, and the data needed for empirical research are collected through dual channels. Among the 37 measures within the theoretical model, 31 are obtained by questionnaire survey and the rest 6 are extracted from the annual report of the listed port companies. Thus, all the data needed for empirical research on the formation mechanism model of port company’s international competitiveness is wellaccomplished for collection.

Keywords: Port company; International competitiveness; Theoretical model; Questionnaire survey; Objective data