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Naima Saeed
Associate Professor
Naima Saeed is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the School of Business and Law at the University of Agder.
She has a Ph.D. in Logistics from Molde University College (Norway), with a specialization in Maritime Economics. The subject of the dissertation was “Competition and Cooperation among Container Terminals in Pakistan: with emphasis on Game Theoretical Analysis.”
Her current research is focused on port competition and cooperation, maritime connectivity, and measures to improve ports’ efficiency.
Saeed has published papers in well-acknowledged international peer-reviewed scientific journals, including European Journal of Operational Research, Maritime Economics & Logistics, Research in Transportation Economics, Transportation Research Record, Maritime Policy & Management, International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, NETNOMICS, and Case Studies on Transport Policy.
Saeed received the third best paper award in port competitiveness and competition session at IAME 2019 conference in Athens, Greece. She has served as a referee for several academic journals.
Before joining the University of Agder, Saeed worked as an Associate Professor in Logistics at Molde University College. She has also worked on two European Union projects and was responsible for developing distance-learning courses in Maritime Logistics and Maritime Value Chain. She has also worked as a consultant in a project financed by the VRI program of The Research Council of Norway.
Saeed is a member of the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions’ committee for the research methods course (2016-2020).
Academic interests
Bachelor courses:
- ME-109 Statistics, Methods and Applied Data Analysis (2014, 2015, 2016).
- MF-203 Industrial Buying Behaviour (2015, 2016, 2017).
Master courses:
- ME-423 Business Research Methods, SPSS labs (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).
- ORG-440 Supply Chain Management (2015, 2016, 2017)
PhD course:
- ME-612 Survey of Statistical Methods (2015, Fall 2018)
Doctoral and Master thesis students:
- Ziaul Haque Munim, September 2015- September 2018 (expected). Topic:“Essays on Port Competitiveness”.
- Ioana Sinziana Rasca. (2018-2021). Topic: “Reaching GHG emission targets through mobility optimization in low density urban areas-a study of coastal Small and Medium-sized Cities in Norway” (Co-supervisor).
- Supervised several Master’s students, at Molde University College and the University of Agder.
Projects
Member of the research group "Emerging Markets" at the School of Business and Law, UIA.
Scientific publications
- Saeed, Naima; Cullinane, Kevin; Sødal, Sigbjørn Reidar (2020). Exploring the relationships between maritime connectivity, international trade and domestic production. Maritime Policy & Management. ISSN: 0308-8839. doi:10.1080/03088839.2020.1802783.
- Saeed, Naima (2020). The Effects of Exchange Rate on Norway’s Bilateral Trade Flow to the UK Via Maritime and Other Transport Modes: Does the ‘Marshall-Lerner’ Condition Hold?. The Journal of International Logistics and Trade (JILT). ISSN: 1738-2122. 18 (2). s 61 - 76. doi:https://doi.org/10.24006/jilt.2020.18.2.61.
- Hoffmann, Jan; Saeed, Naima; Sødal, Sigbjørn (2019). Liner shipping bilateral connectivity and its impact on South Africa’s bilateral trade flows. Maritime Economics & Logistics. ISSN: 1479-2931. s 1 - 27. doi:10.1057/s41278-019-00124-8.
- Munim, Ziaul Haque; Saeed, Naima (2019). Seaport competitiveness research: the past, present and future. International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics. ISSN: 1756-6517. 11 (6). s 533 - 557. doi:10.1504/IJSTL.2019.103877.
- Saeed, Naima; Song, Dong-Wook; Andersen, Otto (2018). Governance mode for port congestion mitigation: A transaction cost perspective. Netnomics. ISSN: 1385-9587. 19 (3). s 159 - 178. doi:10.1007/s11066-018-9123-4.
- Munim, Ziaul Haque; Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I (2018). ‘Tool port’ to ‘landlord port’ : a game theory approach to analyse gains from governance model transformation. Maritime Policy & Management. ISSN: 0308-8839. 46 (1). s 43 - 60. doi:10.1080/03088839.2018.1468936.
- Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I (2016). Application of queuing methodology to analyze congestion : a case study of the Manila International Container Terminal, Philippines. Case Studies on Transport Policy. ISSN: 2213-624X. 4 (2). s 143 - 149. doi:10.1016/j.cstp.2016.02.001.
- Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I (2014). Stackelberg or Bertrand: which price model is practically applicable?. International Journal of Mathematics, Game Theory, and Algebra. ISSN: 1099-1859. 23 (1). s 1 - 17.
- Saeed, Naima; Aaby, Bernt Christoffer (2013). Analysis of factors contributing to criteria for selection of European container terminals. Transportation Research Record. ISSN: 0361-1981. (2330). s 31 - 38. doi:10.3141/2330-05.
- Saeed, Naima (2013). Cooperation among freight forwarders: Mode choice and intermodal freight transport. Research in Transportation Economics. ISSN: 0739-8859. 42 (1). s 77 - 86. doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.005.
- Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I (2013). Stackelberg or Bertrand: Which Price Model is Practically Applicable?. Game Theory : Economics, Theoretical Concepts and Finance Applications. ISBN: 978-1-62417-165-9. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. Kapittel. s 1 - 24.
- Saeed, Naima (2012). A game theoretical analysis of vertical and horizontal co-operation among freight forwarders. Proceedings : European Transport Conference. ISSN: 1474-9122. s 1 - 13. doi:10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.005.
- Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I. (2010). An application of cooperative game among container terminals of one port. European Journal of Operational Research. ISSN: 0377-2217. 203 (2). s 393 - 403. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2009.07.019.
- Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I. (2010). Container terminal concessions: A game theory application to the case of the ports of Pakistan. Maritime Economics & Logistics. ISSN: 1479-2931. 12 (3). s 237 - 262. doi:10.1057/mel.2010.8.
- Saeed, Naima (2009). An analysis of carriers' selection criteria when choosing container terminals in Pakistan. Maritime Economics & Logistics. ISSN: 1479-2931. 11 (3). s 270 - 288.
- Saeed, Naima; Larsen, Odd I. (2008). Game theoretical analysis of competition between container terminals in Pakistan. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies : Transportation and Management Science, 13-15 December, 2008, Hong Kong. Hong Kong Society of Transportation Studies. Kapittel. s 729 - 738.
- Saeed, Naima; Kodzi, Emmanuel (2020). Decision support model for increasing the attractiveness of a cruise port for cargo business.
- Saeed, Naima; Cullinane, Kevin (2020). Identifying the characteristics of maritime trading partners on the basis of bilateral shipping connectivity: A cluster analysis.
- Saeed, Naima (2020). A link between maritime connectivity, port competitiveness, and economic growth.
- Saeed, Naima; Hoff, Arild; Larsen, Odd I (2019). The effect of the development of port’s inland hinterland transport technologies on the export of perishable products from South Africa.
- Saeed, Naima (2018). Expose pupils to maritime studies.
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