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Item The continuous search for new port governance models: experiences from a developing country(Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2023) Andersen, T.; Aryee, J.; Acheampong, G.; Hansen, A.S.This paper bridges port governance and stakeholder theory to contribute to new understandings of changed stakeholder relations due to the building of new container terminals. The case of the newly inaugurated very large high-tech container terminal commissioned to and developed and operated by Meridian Port Services (MPS), in the Port of Tema, Ghana, provides the empirical foundation for investigating the new stake holder engagement. Through focus groups, descriptive statistics, and a series of quali tative and open-ended interviews carried out in structured stakeholder events, the paper aims to deliver new knowledge relevant to the many hybrid port governance systems seen today. Moreover, it wants to inform authorities and companies about the implications of diferent strategic choices and how changes progress. The study shows that despite shared goals of efciency, all parties involved have had major difculties in fnding a new port governance model, which they all consider fair and which can contribute to a continuously economically sustainable port management practice.Item A Review of the Nilothauma Pictipenne Group and a Description of Four New Afrotropical Species of Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae)(University of Ghana, 1996) Adam, J.I.; Saether, E.O.; Andersen, T.; University of Ghana, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Animal Biology and Conservation Science (DABCS)Four new Afrotropical species, N. loba sp. n., N. tricaudata sp. n., N. flabella sp. n., and N. insolita sp. n., are described as male imagines. N. pictipenne Kieffer, 1921a, is redescribed as male and female imagines. Two Neotropical species (N. aleta Roback, 1960 and N. duena Roback, 1960) are regarded as nomina dubia and placed in Paratendipes. A key to male imagines of the Nilothauma pictipenne group is given and the phylogenetic relationships of the Nilothauma group of genera {Nilothauma, Neelamia Soponis, 1986 and Paranilothauma Soponis, 1986), of the different species groups of Nilothauma, and of the Nilothauma pictipenne group are discussed. The genus Paratendipes Kieffer, apparently forms the sister group of a group consisting of the genera Paranilothauma, Neelamia and Nilothauma. Within Nilothauma, four species groups are recognized with the babiyi group forming the sister group of the remaining groups. The bicorne group apparently forms the sister group of the mirabile and the pictipenne groups combined. Paratendipes is cosmopolitan. The Neotropical group of genera (Neelamia and Paranilothauma) appear to have split off very early with the fragmentation of Pangaea. The species of Nilothauma treated here fall into four species group of Megagaeic lineages and are confined to the Holarctic, Sino-Indian, Afrotropical and Australian zoogeographical regions for freshwater fauna. The babiyi group is made up of 2 Afrotropical, 1 Holarctic and 1 Sino-Indian species. N. babiyi (Rempel, 1937) and N. japonicum Niitsuma, 1985, limited to North America (Holarctic region) and Japan (Sino-Indian region) apparently are sister species. The N. babiyi group apparently first speciated with the fragmentation of Megagaea. In the bicorne group, N. bicorne (Townes, 1945) and N. brayi (Goetghebuer, 1921) occur in the Holarctic region. However, N. brayi has also been described from Japan in the Sino- Indian zoogeographical region. This group is also of a Megagaeic lineage with some dispersal probably haven taken place. The mirabile group consisting of N. mirabile (Townes, 1945) and N. hibaratertia Sasa, 1993, present in North America and Japan respectively is distributed in the Holarctic and East Asian regions. The pictipenne group is made up of 2 species (N. nojirimaculata Sasa, 1991, and N. hibaraquarta Sasa, 1993) from the Sino-Indian region and 5 species (N. pictipenne, N. loba, N. tricaudata, N. flabella and N. insolita) from the Afrotropical region. The phyletic interrelationship of the Nilothauma group of genera suggests the early splitting of their common ancestor into the Neotropical group (namely Neelamia and Paranilothauma) and the Megagaeic lineage group during the fragmentation of the super-continent Pangaea. The Megagaeic lineage group is made up of Nilothauma species with further fragmentation and possible dispersal into the Holarctic, Sino- India, Afrotropical and Australian regions. The distributions and ecologies of the different species of the genus are outlined.Item Stakeholder legitimacy and efficiency: the case of innovation at the Port of Tema, Ghana(International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2022) Acheampong, G.; Aryee, J.; Andersen, T.; Hansen, A.S.Our study set out to explore the relationship between legitimacy in the form of social license that stakeholders grant the National Single Window Project (NSWP) and port efficiency at the Port of Tema, as well as bounding conditions on this relationship. We collected stakeholder legitimacy data in line with with the social license to operate (SLO) framework on the National Single Window Project implementation at the port and stakeholder-perceived port efficiency in Tema. We found that there is an -shaped relationship between legitimacy and port efficiency. We also found that port cooperation and relational intensity dampens the relationship between legitimacy and portability. efficiency. Our study offers an alternative perspective on port management that view ports as isolated units, which provides a partial understanding of their functioning. We opine that viewing ports as networks of stakeholders provides an improved understanding.