<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper consists from two parts and generalizes traditional approaches to innovative transformations in various sectors of the EU marine industry. It is shown that shipping companies should permanently adapt and keep their business in sync with marketable changes and be ready to competitive struggle within the global economy. The critical solutions are determining the functional parameters of merchant ships at earliest stages of theirs structural designing, as and reengineering. Author offers a conceptual framework of the co-evolutionary approach to reengineering maritime transport. This problem-solving approach examines targeted ships in topological aspect as the multilayered configurations composed of various-of-a-kinds components, and in functional aspect as multicoalitional compositions. Basic attention focuses on identification of various constrains to innovative activity and choice of improvement strategies, for turning the European marine industry into the high competitive system. For completeness, in paper are presented three particular measures for an estimation of maritime transport success.</p></abstract>

The paper consists from two parts and generalizes traditional approaches to innovative transformations in various sectors of the EU marine industry. It is shown that shipping companies should permanently adapt and keep their business in sync with marketable changes and be ready to competitive struggle within the global economy. The critical solutions are determining the functional parameters of merchant ships at earliest stages of theirs structural designing, as and reengineering. Author offers a conceptual framework of the co-evolutionary approach to reengineering maritime transport. This problem-solving approach examines targeted ships in topological aspect as the multilayered configurations composed of various-of-a-kinds components, and in functional aspect as multicoalitional compositions. Basic attention focuses on identification of various constrains to innovative activity and choice of improvement strategies, for turning the European marine industry into the high competitive system. For completeness, in paper are presented three particular measures for an estimation of maritime transport success.

The multidimensional approach to marine industry development: Part I. Obstacles and willingness to the EU marine industry reengineering

Polish Maritime Research

The paper consists from two parts and generalizes traditional approaches to innovative transformations in various sectors of the EU marine industry. It is...

The multidimensional approach to marine industry development: Part I. Obstacles and willingness to the EU marine industry reengineering

Publié en ligne: 18 nov. 2008

Pages: 77 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-007-0087-9

Mots clés
European marine industry, maritime technology, obstacles to innovative activity, overcoming barriers strategy

This content is open access.

The multidimensional approach to marine industry development: Part I. Obstacles and willingness to the EU marine industry reengineering

Publié en ligne: 18 nov. 2008

Pages: 77 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10012-007-0087-9

Mots clésEuropean marine industry, maritime technology, obstacles to innovative activity, overcoming barriers strategy

This content is open access.

Mots clés
European marine industry, maritime technology, obstacles to innovative activity, overcoming barriers strategy