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Francesco Parola

Francesco Parola

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
34
Citations
3742
World Ranking
2363
National Ranking
73

Overview

Francesco Parola is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of engineering and business, management, and accounting. Their work spans multiple subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, accounting, strategy and management, environmental engineering, and building and construction.

The main topics of Francesco Parola's research focus on maritime ports and logistics, law, logistics, and international trade, maritime transport emissions and efficiency, urban and freight transport logistics, transportation planning and optimization, infrastructure resilience and vulnerability analysis, and environmental sustainability in business.

Parola has published several papers in recognized venues such as Maritime Policy & Management, Maritime Economics & Logistics, Maritime Business Review, KMI International Journal of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and SSRN Electronic Journal. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Digital technologies and business opportunities for logistics centres in maritime supply chains (2020) in Maritime Policy & Management
  • Revisiting traffic forecasting by port authorities in the context of port planning and development (2020) in Maritime Economics & Logistics
  • Social media and CSR communication in European ports: the case of Twitter at the Port of Rotterdam (2021) in Maritime Business Review
  • LNG Bunkering Technologies in Ports: An Empirical Application of the SWOT Analysis (2021) in KMI International Journal of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Giovanni Satta, Francesco Vitellaro, Luca Persico, Nicoletta Buratti, and Theo Notteboom. These collaborations contribute to a breadth of research activities and publications across their core topics.

Francesco Parola's work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Maritime Policy & Management
  • Maritime Economics & Logistics
  • Maritime Business Review
  • KMI International Journal of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research combines technical engineering perspectives with business and management strategies, particularly focusing on maritime logistics and sustainability challenges associated with transport and port operations. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in the diversity of topics and subfields covered throughout their work.

Best Publications

  • Intermodal container flows in a port system network:: Analysis of possible growths via simulation models

    Francesco Parola;Anna Sciomachen

  • The drivers of port competitiveness: a critical review

    Francesco Parola;Marcello Risitano;Marco Ferretti;Eva Panetti

  • Measuring the quality of port hinterland accessibility: The Ligurian case

    C. Ferrari;F. Parola;E. Gattorna

  • Maritime liner shipping and the stevedoring industry: market structure and competition strategies

    R. Midoro;E. Musso;F. Parola

  • The effect of institutional factors on public–private partnership success in ports

    Photis M. Panayides;Francesco Parola;Jasmine Siu Lee Lam

  • The relationship between port choice and terminal involvement of alliance members in container shipping

    Theo E. Notteboom;Francesco Parola;Giovanni Satta;Athanasios A. Pallis

  • Towards low carbon global supply chains: a multi-trade analysis of CO2 emission reductions in container shipping

    Pierre Cariou;Francesco Parola;Theo Notteboom

  • Shaping port governance: the territorial trajectories of reform

    Jean Debrie;Valérie Lavaud-Letilleul;Francesco Parola

  • Market structures and competitive strategies: the carrier–stevedore arm-wrestling in northern European ports

    Francesco Parola;Enrico Musso

  • Strategy making by hybrid organizations: The case of the port authority

    Larissa van der Lugt;Michaël Dooms;Francesco Parola

  • Word of mouth and satisfaction in cruise port destinations

    Giovanni Satta;Francesco Parola;Lara Penco;Luca Persico

  • The Time Scale of Internationalisation: The Case of the Container Port Industry

    Daniel Olivier;Francesco Parola;Brian Slack;James J Wang

  • Emerging inter-industry partnerships between shipping lines and stevedores: from rivalry to cooperation?

    Martin Soppé;Francesco Parola;Antoine Frémont

  • Governance models and port concessions in Europe: Commonalities, critical issues and policy perspectives

    Claudio Ferrari;Francesco Parola;Alessio Tei

  • Southern European Ports and the Spatial Distribution of EDCs

    Claudio Ferrari;Francesco Parola;Elena Morchio

  • Destination satisfaction and cruiser behaviour: The moderating effect of excursion package

    Francesco Parola;Giovanni Satta;Lara Penco;Luca Persico

  • Origin and taxonomy of conflicts in seaports: Towards a research agenda

    Francesco Parola;Salvatore Maugeri

  • An Analysis of Shipping Agreements: The Cooperative Container Network

    Simone Caschili;Francesca Medda;Francesco Parola;Claudio Ferrari

  • Refrigerated container versus bulk: evidence from the banana cold chain

    Giulia Arduino;David Carrillo Murillo;Francesco Parola

  • Temporal and Spatial Constructs in Service Firms' Internationalization Patterns: The Determinants of the Accelerated Growth of Emerging MNEs

    Giovanni Satta;Francesco Parola;Luca Persico

  • The spatial coverage of shipping lines and container terminal operators

    Francesco Parola;Albert W. Veenstra

Frequent Co-Authors

Theo Notteboom
Theo Notteboom Ghent University
Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Jean-Paul Rodrigue Texas A&M University
Jasmine Siu Lee Lam
Jasmine Siu Lee Lam Technical University of Denmark
Photis M. Panayides
Photis M. Panayides Cyprus University of Technology

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