Attracting the winners

The book is a result of an extensive research project benchmarking the maritime industries in Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and the U.K. on a range of topics and variables; covering past perfo This book is a result of an extensive research project, benchmarking the maritime industries in Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and the UK. The ultimate interest of the project is the foundation for long-term competitiveness and growth of the maritime industries. The research project has been carried out by a team of researchers at the Centre for Value Creation at the Norwegian School of Management-BI, and has been aimed at answering the following questions: Which countries are the most attractive locations for maritime business today? For what kind of firms are the locations attractive? What are the locations' advantages? In which countries do we find the most sophisticated companies? What kinds of companies are the most international, innovative and knowledge intensive, and in wh