A DEA Analysis in Latin American Ports: Measuring the Performance of Guayaquil Contecon Port

Emilio J. Morales-Núñez; Xavier R. Seminario-Vergara; Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto; Galo Eduardo Mosquera-Recalde

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-43384-0_10

A DEA Analysis in Latin American Ports: Measuring the Performance of Guayaquil Contecon Port

Emilio J. Morales-Núñez
, Xavier R. Seminario-Vergara
, Sonia Valeria Avilés-Sacoto^*
, Galo Eduardo Mosquera-Recalde

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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Abstract

In this globalized era, the port sector has been a major influence in a country’s economic growth. Ports have become one of the main funnels to enhance competitiveness in emerging markets of Latin America. Therefore, it is relevant to carry out an analysis of their performance. A good approach to measure performance is DEA, a mathematical tool that handles a benchmark analysis by an evaluation of multiple factors that describes the nature of an entity. The research herein aims to evaluate and compare the performance of the Ecuadorian Guayaquil Contecon Port in comparison with 14 major ports in Latin American and the Caribbean by using DEA. As a result of the study, the efficiency scores of the ports are analyzed to propose best practices to improve the performance of Guayaquil Contecon Port.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Series in Operations Research and Management Science
Publisher	Springer
Pages	279-309
Number of pages	31
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43384-0_10
State	Published - 2020

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Name	International Series in Operations Research and Management Science
Volume	290
ISSN (Print)	0884-8289
ISSN (Electronic)	2214-7934

UN SDGs

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Best practices
DEA
Efficiency
Guayaquil Contecon Port
Ports
TEU

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Morales-Núñez, E. J., Seminario-Vergara, X. R., Avilés-Sacoto, S. V., & Mosquera-Recalde, G. E. (2020). A DEA Analysis in Latin American Ports: Measuring the Performance of Guayaquil Contecon Port. In International Series in Operations Research and Management Science (pp. 279-309). (International Series in Operations Research and Management Science; Vol. 290). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43384-0_10

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Morales-Núñez EJ, Seminario-Vergara XR, Avilés-Sacoto SV, Mosquera-Recalde GE. A DEA Analysis in Latin American Ports: Measuring the Performance of Guayaquil Contecon Port. In International Series in Operations Research and Management Science. Springer. 2020. p. 279-309. (International Series in Operations Research and Management Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-43384-0_10

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