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1、GovernanceInSeaportClustersPeterW.deErlangen1.IntroductionApartfromwell-knownphysicalfactorssuchasthelocation,maritimeaccessibilityandhinterlandinfrastructure,thegovernanceofseaportsisanimportantdeterminantoftheirperformance.Ananalysisofthegovernanceo

2、fseaportshasmostlybeenlimitedtotheroleoftheportauthority.Notwithstandingthecentralroleofportauthoritiesinports,wearguethatananalysisofgovernanceinseaportsrequiresattentionfortheroleof(private)firms.Institutionaleconomicliteratureoffersausefulframework

3、foranalysingadvantagesanddisadvantagesofalternativegovernancemechanismsandprovidesabasisforanalysingtherolesofportauthorities.InthispaperwedealwiththeissueofclustergovernanceinseaportsandillustrateourapproachwithananalysisoftheportofRotterdam..First,w

4、ebrieflydiscussthetheoreticalfoundationsoftheclustergovernanceconcept.Second,wediscusstheroleofportauthoritiesinthegovernanceofseaports.Third,wepresentempiricalresultsofasurveyamong43clusterexpertsinRotterdamonthegovernanceofRotterdam’sportcluster.Wef

5、eminalitythepaperwithconclusions.2.TheQualityOfClusterGovernanceWedefineclustergovernanceas‘themixofandrelationsbetweenvariousmechanismsofcoordinationusedinacluster’.Thequalityofthegovernancediffersbetweenclusters.Thequalitydependsonthelevelofcoordina

6、tioncostsandthe‘scope’of‘coordinationbeyondprice’.Lowcoordinationcostsandmuchcoordinationbeyondpriceimprovethequalityofgovernance.Whenthebenefitsofcoordinationaredistributedunequally,when(thethreatof)opportunisticbehaviourpreventscoordinationorwhenben

7、efitsofcoordinationareuncertain,coordinationbeyondpricedoesnotarisespontaneouslyorinstantaneously,evenwhenbenefitsofcoordinationexceedcosts.Thereforethereisingeneralashortageofcoordinationbeyondprice.Morecoordinationbeyondpriceimprovesthequalityoftheg

8、overnanceofclusters.2.1TrustInclusterswheretheleveloftrustishigh,(average)transactioncostsarerelativelylow,becauseoflowcoststospecifycontractsandlowmonitoringcosts.Furthermore,costsofcoordinationbeyondpricearelowerandasaconsequence,morecoordin