Wouter Jacobs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3665834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wouter Jacobs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wouter |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobs |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBS W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 167 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Friends with benefits: The emergence of the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) polycentric port region
This paper enacts a dialogue between planning literature on polycentric urban regions (PUR) and port geography literature on multi-port gateways. The main proposition is that polycentric systems are the emergent outcome of the interactions between three dimensions of polycentricity: morphological, functional and institutional. The focus is on the Dutch-Belgian Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) port-industrial region: one of the world's largest co…
The relational geometry of the port-city interface: Case studies of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Ghent, Belgium
Port Regionalisation from a Relational Perspective: The Rise of Venlo as Dutch International Logistics Hub
The rise of global supply chain systems and geographical dispersion of related inland logistics centres has led to a new phase in the evolution of port systems, referred to as port regionalisation. While this process largely results from the decisions of shippers and logistics providers, the scope of public policy can also shape it. This includes the strategic capacity of stakeholders to couple not only locally available assets with the needs of …
Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: Between flows and spaces
R otterdam and A msterdam as Trading Places? In Search of the Economic‐Geographical Nexus between Global Commodity Chains and World Cities
This Windows on the N etherlands addresses the economic geography of commodity trade by providing insights from two D utch port cities: R otterdam and A msterdam. It is argued that commodity traders provide an empirical site for uncovering the missing links between research on world cities on the one hand, and global commodity chains on the other. Commodity trading is compelling as it is linked both with the financial sector (financing and paper …
The Impact of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) on Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (Kibs) Start-ups: Empirical Evidence from the Dutch Randstad
Jacobs W., van Rietbergen T., Atzema O., van Grunsven L. and van Dongen F. The impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) start-ups: empirical evidence from the Dutch Randstad, Regional Studies. This paper focuses on the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on the level of entrepreneurship in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in metropolitan regions. Large globalizing metropolitan r…
Strategic coupling as capacity: How Seaports Connect to Global Flows of Containerized Transport
Strategic coupling refers to the process of matching local assets with global network demands. Although the concept has benefited from an increase in relational thinking, several critical issues remain unresolved. In this article, we identify and discuss three such issues - the characteristics of the entities involved in strategic coupling, the way in which the 'local' is conceptualized in the context of 'global' positioning, and the understandin…
Transporte, fluxo de mercadoria e desenvolvimento econômico urbano na Amazônia: O caso de Belém e Manaus
Este trabalho aborda as carregadas relações entre o comércio de mercadorias, o desenvolvimento econômico urbano e o meio ambiente na maior reserva de floresta tropical do mundo, em forma de narrativa histórica. A estrutura conceitual na qual posicionamos esta narrativa é fornecida por Hesse (2010) nas dimensões de “local” e “situação” da interação entre locais ou localidades, por um lado, e o fluxo de materiais ou cadeias globais de valor por out…
The Location and Global Network Structure of Maritime Advanced Producer Services
Within research on world cities, much attention has been paid to advanced producer services (APS) and their role within both global urban hierarchies and network formation between cities. What is largely ignored is that these APS provide services to firms operating in a range of different sectors. Does sector-specific specialisation of advanced producer services influence the economic geography of corporate networks between cities? If so, what fa…
An Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Port Systems: The Role of Windows of Opportunity in Shaping Seaport Competition
How do seaports evolve in relation to each other? Recent studies in port economics and transport geography have been focused on how supply-chain integration has structurally changed the competitive landscape in which individual ports and port actors operate. Port regionalization has been addressed as the corresponding new phase in the spatial and functional evolution of port systems. However, these studies lack theoretical foundations that allow …
Shifting Proximities: The Maritime Ports Sector in an Era of Global Supply Chains
Hall P. V. and Jacobs W. Shifting proximities: the maritime ports sector in an era of global supply chains, Regional Studies. Economic geographers argue that spatial and non-spatial dimensions of proximity are central to innovation and collective action. The various dimensions of proximity in relation to maritime ports are examined. Global supply chains represent a shift in organizational and cognitive proximities between seaports and among port …
Integrating world cities into production networks: The Case of Port Cities
In this article we analyse the location patterns of firms that provide specialized advanced producer services (APS) to international commodity chains that move through seaports. Such activities can take place in world cities or in port cities. The analysis of APS location patterns in port cities provides a good opportunity to integrate the study of world cities into the framework of Global Production Networks. Based upon our empirical findings, w…
What conditions supply chain strategies of ports? The case of Dubai
Recent academic debates about port competition have centered on the strategic responses of port authorities, operators, managers and owners to the emergence of global supply chains. The competitive performance of a port authority or operator, given the rise of the integrated logistics sector, depends increasingly on its strategic relationship to these supply chains and rather less on traditional port competition factors such as hinterland size an…
Port Competition Between Los Angeles and Long Beach: An Institutional Analysis
This paper focuses on the process of institutional change at the leading ports of the United States: Los Angeles and Long Beach. In order to do so, it makes use of the structure of provision‐approach and the concept of regime politics which allows for a systematic analysis and comparison. Key questions are: how are both ports institutionally structured? How do they evolve in relation to each other? And what is the role of agency in this process? …
A Theory of Institutional Change: Illustrated by Dutch City-Provinces and Dutch Land Policy
Since the early 1990s, planning theory has focused on the issue of institutional change. Not only does institutional change have clear bearings on processes of spatial planning, it is also, increasingly, seen as an object of planning. A core concept in the literature is the juxtaposition of 'institutional design' and 'institutional evolution'. Yet, in understanding processes and the role of institutional change, this dichotomy does not appear to …
Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: Between flows and spaces
Shifting Proximities: The Maritime Ports Sector in an Era of Global Supply Chains
Hall P. V. and Jacobs W. Shifting proximities: the maritime ports sector in an era of global supply chains, Regional Studies. Economic geographers argue that spatial and non-spatial dimensions of proximity are central to innovation and collective action. The various dimensions of proximity in relation to maritime ports are examined. Global supply chains represent a shift in organizational and cognitive proximities between seaports and among port …
A Theory of Institutional Change: Illustrated by Dutch City-Provinces and Dutch Land Policy
Since the early 1990s, planning theory has focused on the issue of institutional change. Not only does institutional change have clear bearings on processes of spatial planning, it is also, increasingly, seen as an object of planning. A core concept in the literature is the juxtaposition of 'institutional design' and 'institutional evolution'. Yet, in understanding processes and the role of institutional change, this dichotomy does not appear to …
Integrating world cities into production networks: The Case of Port Cities
In this article we analyse the location patterns of firms that provide specialized advanced producer services (APS) to international commodity chains that move through seaports. Such activities can take place in world cities or in port cities. The analysis of APS location patterns in port cities provides a good opportunity to integrate the study of world cities into the framework of Global Production Networks. Based upon our empirical findings, w…
What conditions supply chain strategies of ports? The case of Dubai
Recent academic debates about port competition have centered on the strategic responses of port authorities, operators, managers and owners to the emergence of global supply chains. The competitive performance of a port authority or operator, given the rise of the integrated logistics sector, depends increasingly on its strategic relationship to these supply chains and rather less on traditional port competition factors such as hinterland size an…
The Location and Global Network Structure of Maritime Advanced Producer Services
Within research on world cities, much attention has been paid to advanced producer services (APS) and their role within both global urban hierarchies and network formation between cities. What is largely ignored is that these APS provide services to firms operating in a range of different sectors. Does sector-specific specialisation of advanced producer services influence the economic geography of corporate networks between cities? If so, what fa…
Strategic coupling as capacity: How Seaports Connect to Global Flows of Containerized Transport
Strategic coupling refers to the process of matching local assets with global network demands. Although the concept has benefited from an increase in relational thinking, several critical issues remain unresolved. In this article, we identify and discuss three such issues - the characteristics of the entities involved in strategic coupling, the way in which the 'local' is conceptualized in the context of 'global' positioning, and the understandin…
R otterdam and A msterdam as Trading Places? In Search of the Economic‐Geographical Nexus between Global Commodity Chains and World Cities
This Windows on the N etherlands addresses the economic geography of commodity trade by providing insights from two D utch port cities: R otterdam and A msterdam. It is argued that commodity traders provide an empirical site for uncovering the missing links between research on world cities on the one hand, and global commodity chains on the other. Commodity trading is compelling as it is linked both with the financial sector (financing and paper …
An Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Port Systems: The Role of Windows of Opportunity in Shaping Seaport Competition
How do seaports evolve in relation to each other? Recent studies in port economics and transport geography have been focused on how supply-chain integration has structurally changed the competitive landscape in which individual ports and port actors operate. Port regionalization has been addressed as the corresponding new phase in the spatial and functional evolution of port systems. However, these studies lack theoretical foundations that allow …
The relational geometry of the port-city interface: Case studies of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Ghent, Belgium
The Impact of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) on Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (Kibs) Start-ups: Empirical Evidence from the Dutch Randstad
Jacobs W., van Rietbergen T., Atzema O., van Grunsven L. and van Dongen F. The impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) start-ups: empirical evidence from the Dutch Randstad, Regional Studies. This paper focuses on the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on the level of entrepreneurship in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in metropolitan regions. Large globalizing metropolitan r…
Port Competition Between Los Angeles and Long Beach: An Institutional Analysis
This paper focuses on the process of institutional change at the leading ports of the United States: Los Angeles and Long Beach. In order to do so, it makes use of the structure of provision‐approach and the concept of regime politics which allows for a systematic analysis and comparison. Key questions are: how are both ports institutionally structured? How do they evolve in relation to each other? And what is the role of agency in this process? …
Port Regionalisation from a Relational Perspective: The Rise of Venlo as Dutch International Logistics Hub
The rise of global supply chain systems and geographical dispersion of related inland logistics centres has led to a new phase in the evolution of port systems, referred to as port regionalisation. While this process largely results from the decisions of shippers and logistics providers, the scope of public policy can also shape it. This includes the strategic capacity of stakeholders to couple not only locally available assets with the needs of …
What conditions supply chain strategies of ports? The case of Dubai
Recent academic debates about port competition have centered on the strategic responses of port authorities, operators, managers and owners to the emergence of global supply chains. The competitive performance of a port authority or operator, given the rise of the integrated logistics sector, depends increasingly on its strategic relationship to these supply chains and rather less on traditional port competition factors such as hinterland size an…
Port Competition Between Los Angeles and Long Beach: An Institutional Analysis
This paper focuses on the process of institutional change at the leading ports of the United States: Los Angeles and Long Beach. In order to do so, it makes use of the structure of provision‐approach and the concept of regime politics which allows for a systematic analysis and comparison. Key questions are: how are both ports institutionally structured? How do they evolve in relation to each other? And what is the role of agency in this process? …
A Theory of Institutional Change: Illustrated by Dutch City-Provinces and Dutch Land Policy
Since the early 1990s, planning theory has focused on the issue of institutional change. Not only does institutional change have clear bearings on processes of spatial planning, it is also, increasingly, seen as an object of planning. A core concept in the literature is the juxtaposition of 'institutional design' and 'institutional evolution'. Yet, in understanding processes and the role of institutional change, this dichotomy does not appear to …
Shifting Proximities: The Maritime Ports Sector in an Era of Global Supply Chains
Hall P. V. and Jacobs W. Shifting proximities: the maritime ports sector in an era of global supply chains, Regional Studies. Economic geographers argue that spatial and non-spatial dimensions of proximity are central to innovation and collective action. The various dimensions of proximity in relation to maritime ports are examined. Global supply chains represent a shift in organizational and cognitive proximities between seaports and among port …
Integrating world cities into production networks: The Case of Port Cities
In this article we analyse the location patterns of firms that provide specialized advanced producer services (APS) to international commodity chains that move through seaports. Such activities can take place in world cities or in port cities. The analysis of APS location patterns in port cities provides a good opportunity to integrate the study of world cities into the framework of Global Production Networks. Based upon our empirical findings, w…
The Location and Global Network Structure of Maritime Advanced Producer Services
Within research on world cities, much attention has been paid to advanced producer services (APS) and their role within both global urban hierarchies and network formation between cities. What is largely ignored is that these APS provide services to firms operating in a range of different sectors. Does sector-specific specialisation of advanced producer services influence the economic geography of corporate networks between cities? If so, what fa…
An Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Port Systems: The Role of Windows of Opportunity in Shaping Seaport Competition
How do seaports evolve in relation to each other? Recent studies in port economics and transport geography have been focused on how supply-chain integration has structurally changed the competitive landscape in which individual ports and port actors operate. Port regionalization has been addressed as the corresponding new phase in the spatial and functional evolution of port systems. However, these studies lack theoretical foundations that allow …
Transporte, fluxo de mercadoria e desenvolvimento econômico urbano na Amazônia: O caso de Belém e Manaus
Este trabalho aborda as carregadas relações entre o comércio de mercadorias, o desenvolvimento econômico urbano e o meio ambiente na maior reserva de floresta tropical do mundo, em forma de narrativa histórica. A estrutura conceitual na qual posicionamos esta narrativa é fornecida por Hesse (2010) nas dimensões de “local” e “situação” da interação entre locais ou localidades, por um lado, e o fluxo de materiais ou cadeias globais de valor por out…
Port geography at the crossroads with human geography: Between flows and spaces
R otterdam and A msterdam as Trading Places? In Search of the Economic‐Geographical Nexus between Global Commodity Chains and World Cities
This Windows on the N etherlands addresses the economic geography of commodity trade by providing insights from two D utch port cities: R otterdam and A msterdam. It is argued that commodity traders provide an empirical site for uncovering the missing links between research on world cities on the one hand, and global commodity chains on the other. Commodity trading is compelling as it is linked both with the financial sector (financing and paper …
The Impact of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) on Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (Kibs) Start-ups: Empirical Evidence from the Dutch Randstad
Jacobs W., van Rietbergen T., Atzema O., van Grunsven L. and van Dongen F. The impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) start-ups: empirical evidence from the Dutch Randstad, Regional Studies. This paper focuses on the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on the level of entrepreneurship in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in metropolitan regions. Large globalizing metropolitan r…
Strategic coupling as capacity: How Seaports Connect to Global Flows of Containerized Transport
Strategic coupling refers to the process of matching local assets with global network demands. Although the concept has benefited from an increase in relational thinking, several critical issues remain unresolved. In this article, we identify and discuss three such issues - the characteristics of the entities involved in strategic coupling, the way in which the 'local' is conceptualized in the context of 'global' positioning, and the understandin…
Port Regionalisation from a Relational Perspective: The Rise of Venlo as Dutch International Logistics Hub
The rise of global supply chain systems and geographical dispersion of related inland logistics centres has led to a new phase in the evolution of port systems, referred to as port regionalisation. While this process largely results from the decisions of shippers and logistics providers, the scope of public policy can also shape it. This includes the strategic capacity of stakeholders to couple not only locally available assets with the needs of …
The relational geometry of the port-city interface: Case studies of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Ghent, Belgium
Friends with benefits: The emergence of the Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) polycentric port region
This paper enacts a dialogue between planning literature on polycentric urban regions (PUR) and port geography literature on multi-port gateways. The main proposition is that polycentric systems are the emergent outcome of the interactions between three dimensions of polycentricity: morphological, functional and institutional. The focus is on the Dutch-Belgian Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) port-industrial region: one of the world's largest co…
Engineering (12 works) · Maritime Ports and Logistics (12 works) · Economic geography (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Economic Zones and Regional Development (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Port (circuit theory (9 works) · Regional science (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works)