Benchmarking in civil aviation: Some empirical evidence

Benchmarking

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-137

  Fry, Jackie ^a   Humphreys, Ian ^b   Francis, Graham ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airlines; Airports; Benchmarking

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744382585     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770510593077     Document Type: Review

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