In line with the sustainable development of maritime regions and the design of new maritime businesses strategic management tools can be applied. These tools take into account regional characteristics as well as new value added processes within supply chains. Moreover they are based on the concept of knowledge regions. A knowledge region means a better communication and knowledge management between enterprises and decision makers in a region. Knowledge management is used to improve the personal, business process orientated and informational interfaces between decision makers. In this paper these tools are presented; their application within regional decision processes will be demonstrated.
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