Privatization, corporatization, ownership forms and their effects on the performance of the world's major airports

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-121

  Oum, Tae H ^a   Adler, Nicole ^b   Yu, Chunyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airports; Efficiency; Ownership forms; Privatization; Profitability

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 33644824629     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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