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RELATIONS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES OF THE NAUTICAL PORT SYSTEM: A CROATIAN CASE

This paper investigates relationships between environmental, social, and economic dimensions mapped as sustainability input variables in the recreational boating industry, on the example of the Croatian Nautical Port System (CNPS). All three dimensions can be presented as the following sets: the usage of natural resources, employment, income, and nautical demand. Nowadays, in a dynamic organizational environment, to make a decision, it is important to consider and integrate as many variables as possible, which fall into the categories mentioned above. The paper proposes the model-based analysis with a correlation matrix to determine a minimal number of input variables. The results show strong hidden relations between the input variables from the different dimensions. Consequently, the optimal number of input variables is less than then the number of dimensions.

nautical ports ; economic performance ; sustainability dimensions ; correlation matrix

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