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Small and Medium-Sized Port Greening Initiatives as Trigger for a Servitisation Port Ecosystem

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|Sep 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
Language: English
Page range: 476 - 488
Submitted on: Mar 27, 2023
Accepted on: Jul 31, 2023
Published on: Sep 26, 2023
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

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