TABLE 3
FROM:
Internationalisation and Consolidation of the Container Port Industry: Assessment of Channel Structure and Relationships
Khalid Bichou and Michael G H Bell
BACK TO ARTICLETable 3. Items overview and statistical measures
| Construct | Item | Item-to-total correlation | Item reliability | t-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | (x 1) | Bargaining power over the pricing of port services | 0.60 | 0.51 | 7.26 |
| (x 2) | Power over operational arrangements, for example, priority for berths, minimum number of cranes per ship, etc | 0.72 | 0.81 | 7.50 | |
| (x 3) | Level of rewarding and coercive powers | 0.78 | 0.85 | 11.10 | |
| Channel conflict | (x 4) | Number and extent of disagreements | 0.65 | 0.50 | 10.50 |
| (x 5) | Cooperative arrangements and information sharing | 0.79 | 0.94 | 10.59 | |
| (x 6) | Reaction to each other's decisions | 0.65 | 0.51 | — | |
| Consolidation | (y 1) | Variation of the proportion of port operations with respect to corporate business operations over the past 5 years | 0.55 | 0.66 | 4.64 |
| (y 2) | % of direct versus indirect (third party) operated channels | 0.51 | 0.46 | 5.21 | |
| (y 3) | Rate of expansion (acquisition of new facilities) over the past 5 years | 0.56 | 0.52 | 5.34 | |
| (y 4) | Increase of market share over the past 5 years | 0.70 | 0.99 | 10.9 | |
| Mobility | (y 5) | Degree of mobility over the past 5 years | 0.56 | 0.41 | 6.84 |
| (y 6) | Dedicated versus multi-user operations | 0.36 | 0.18 | — | |
| (y 7) | Mode of concession (BOT, BOO, BOOT, etc) and lease (flat rate, mini-max rate, etc) arrangements | 0.38 | 0.23 | — | |
| Time-horizon for concession and lease arrangements | Item dropped | ||||
| Channel performance | (y 8) | Levels of port performance | 0.55 | 0.66 | 4.64 |
| (y 9) | Levels of ship efficiency in port | 0.66 | 0.53 | — | |
| Levels of channel coordination | Item dropped | ||||
| (y 10) | Overall channel cost | 0.59 | 0.56 | 5.35 | |
