The Coopetition Game in International Liner Shipping

• Main Authors: Chien-ChihHuang, 黃建誌
• Other Authors: Dung-Ying Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48166795329467555631

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 交通管理科學系 === 102 === In maritime freight transportation, because the leading carrier proposes the daily frequency operational model, small carriers cooperate with each other so that they can compete with the leading carrier and improve their service quality. While cooperating with others, these carriers simultaneously compete with cooperative carriers. In this scenario, a game of coopetition is formed. To systematically analyze this problem, we formulate a nonlinear mixed integer program to determine the optimal levels of coopetition for a single company and embed the resulting program into a general game theoretic framework. A diagonalization algorithm that incorporates an ascent direction searching technique is developed to evaluate the game effectively. The numerical results show that carriers choose similar coopetition levels to maximize their profit, and the coopetition game can reach equilibrium in general conditions. Furthermore, it is observed that the competition cost impacts the competition level and that the cooperation cost impacts both cooperation and competition levels