The effect of operational performance and focus on profitability: A longitudinal study of the U.S. airline industry

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-517

  Tsikriktsis, Nikos ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlines; Focus; Operational performance; Operations strategy; Profitability; Quality

Indexed keywords

AIRLINES; FOCUS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; QUALITY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 61349156126     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1060.0133     Document Type: Article

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