A methodological approach for developing and assessing business models for flexible transport systems

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 777-795

  Zografos, Konstantinos G ^a   Androutsopoulos, Konstantinos N ^a   Sihvola, Teemu ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b LT Consultants Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business models; Demand responsive transport; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPORTATION;

BUSINESS MODELING; BUSINESS MODELS; CASE STUDIES; DEMAND RESPONSIVE TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; HELSINKI; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS; LOCAL MARKETS; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; TRANSPORT SERVICES; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 53149149025     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-008-9176-6     Document Type: Article

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