Multilateral airline alliances: Balancing strategic constraints and opportunities

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 153-158

  Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar ^a   Lechner, Christian ^a  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Airline alliances; Airline performance; Alliance processes; Network closure; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; MULTILATERAL TRADE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 33644830724     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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