Research On The Core Competence Of The International Liner Corporations

Core competence theory concentrates on collective learning, coordinative resources and potentialities in the corporation, which introduced new ideas about competition and development to the international liner corporations.This paper firstly looked back and summarized the course of study on the core competence theory, and composed a theory frame for the following research. Then the paper investigated and analyzed the evolution of containerization on ocean shipping, international liner market and international liner corporations, which suggested that it was necessary for the liner corporations to cultivate core competence in the global competition. Based on the characters of liner industry, the paper set up an evaluation index system. And then 14 liner corporations picked out from top 20s in liner industry were evaluated synthetically with catastrophe progression method. The results were explained quantified and qualified by statistics method and core competence theory. A contrast between the core competence of the liner corporation in our country and the ones in other countries was also conducted by correlation analyses method. Finally, the paper proposed detailed suggestion and measures to foster and promote core competence for the international line corporation as well as the key problems during the execution.