Air Baltic and SAS - a case study in the European airline industry

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-244

  Huettinger, Maik ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airlines; Baltic States; Competitive strategy; Market entry

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049102275     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260610663917     Document Type: Article

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