Abstract
Purpose: This study aims at identifying and analyzing the characteristics of international scientific research that address the literature fragment referring to the Port Performance Evaluation to identify the existence of theoretical alignment of Performance Evaluation notion, as an area of knowledge, with practical area stage, the Port Performance Evaluation.Design/Methodology/Approach: The approach the problem, this paper makes use of qualitative research, since it analyzes the Bibliographical Portfolio characteristics related to the Performance Evaluation Port. The strategy adopted was action research where the authors through their analysis and interpretation made the selection of the Bibliographical Portfolio.Findings: From the analyzed literature fragment it was possible to identify some misalignment between what has been pointed out in the literature regarding the management practices in the port sector. This discrepancy refers to the management practices that are ignored by port managers, which implies the loss of opportunities and may even come to jeopardize the organization's performance.Research limitations/implications: The literature search was restricted to articles written in the English language, published in indexed scientific journals in the selected databases (ii) the restriction by the time limit of articles published after the year 2000; (iii) the generation of knowledge based on the characteristics selected by the researchers and (iv) the analysis of BP articles regarding the by the judgment and interpretation of this research authors. It is suggested for future work the expanding this research to other databases, other languages, other features, and continuity of this investigation with the development of "systemic analysis' and 'identifying research opportunities' stages through ProKnow-C.Originality/value: Although two similar works have been developed in the same area of research in 2015, the results achieved have contributed to the advancement of research Port Performance Evaluation, once extended the time horizon, the databases used for research and variables.
Highlights
The port sector is considered to be the main infrastructure for foreign trade, occupying a strategic position in the loading transport system, handling approximately 90% of world trade carried out via international shipping (Puig, Wooldridge & Darbra, 2014)
The following research question emerges: What is the stage of “maturity” of the theory-practice interaction in terms of port performance evaluation? This study aims to identify and analyze the characteristics of international scientific research that addresses the segment of literature referring to port performance evaluation, in order to identify the existence of a theoretical alignment between the notion of performance evaluation, as an area of knowledge, and the practical scenario of port performance evaluation
As for the strategy adopted, this study makes use of the action research method (Creswell, 201 0), since the search for articles that generated the bibliographical portfolio (BP) and allowed a better understanding of the port performance evaluation research segment emerged from the researchers' own interpretation and analysis
Summary
The port sector is considered to be the main infrastructure for foreign trade, occupying a strategic position in the loading transport system, handling approximately 90% of world trade carried out via international shipping (Puig, Wooldridge & Darbra, 2014). The progress of various countries depends on the implementation of efficient logistical systems that have the ability to adapt to constant changes (Langenus & Dooms, 2015) This changing environment is marked by the introduction of new organization and storage techniques, because the evolution of the technologies introduced in the systems generates the need for new standards, it expands port system functions (Al-Eraqi, Mustafa & Khader, 2010). Economic instabilities have enhanced the need to reduce costs and increase the level of service quality, which has led to greater complexity of the relevant supply chains (Ursavas, 2014) This complexity is related to the fact that many stakeholders are involved, each with different power relations, different values and visions, and many interests are affected, such as the different federal government agencies involved, port agents, port operators, shipping companies and the port community as a whole. According to Brooks and Schellinck (2013), in order to deal with this complexity, it is necessary to identify and prioritize strategic actions to seize opportunities for future growth, taking into account the needs of organizations and the characteristics of the environment in which they operate
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
