An assessment model of investment environment in free trade port zone - an empirical study on Kaohsiung port Online publication date: Mon, 25-Apr-2022
by Show-Hui S. Huang; Wen-Kai K. Hsu; Kuan-Yu A. Chen
International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics (IJSTL), Vol. 14, No. 3, 2022
Abstract: This paper proposes an assessment model of investment environment in free trade port zone (FTPZ). Based on the features of FTZPs and relevant literature, the assessment factors (AFs) of investment environment are first investigated. An assessment model based on an improved analytic network process (IANP) approach is then proposed to evaluate the investment environment in FTPZ from foreign manufacturers' perspectives. Finally, to validate the assessment model, the foreign manufacturers around FTPZ of Kaohsiung port (KP-FTPZ) in Taiwan were empirically investigated, by which some managerial implications and suggestions were proposed. The results could provide practical information for FTPZ managers to improve their FTPZs' investment environments. Further, the proposed IANP approach could also provide theoretical references for methodological research in multi-criteria decision making (MCDM).
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