Analyzing the Dynamic Evolution of Co-Opetition Mechanism among  Shipping Service Resources

Gang Dong

doi:10.4236/jss.2015.37009

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Analyzing the Dynamic Evolution of Co-Opetition Mechanism among Shipping Service Resources ()

Gang Dong

School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jss.2015.37009 PDF HTML XML 4,757 Downloads 5,111 Views Citations

Abstract

Considering the major shipper choice factors of potential demand, charge sensitivity and service cost coefficient, the paper analyzes the dynamic evolution of co-opetition mechanism among shipping service resources. A number of interesting results are obtained: when the strategy profile moves from perfectly competition to perfectly co-operation, the optimal charge will increase while the improvement of shipping service is uncertain; because long-term equilibrium state is perfectly competition strategy profile, there is a need for appropriate institutional arrangement to reduce the saddle-point position in order to achieve maximize profit for the overall shipping service resources.

Keywords

Shipping Service, Dynamic Evolution, Co-Opetition Mechanism, Strategy Profile

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Dong, G. (2015) Analyzing the Dynamic Evolution of Co-Opetition Mechanism among Shipping Service Resources. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 51-55. doi: 10.4236/jss.2015.37009.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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