From efficiency to flexibility: The strategic use of information in the airline industry

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-188

  Monteiro, Luís ^a   Macdonald, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airline industry; Information; Information system; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002618173     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(96)80002-3     Document Type: Article

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