Imperfect substitutes: competitive analysis failure in US intercity passenger rail

World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-93

  Rhoades, Dawna L ^a   Williams, Michael J ^a   Green, Dustin J ^b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering and Mathematics   (United States)

Author keywords

airlines; Amtrak; Porter; railroads; substitute products; transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66949122559     PISSN: 17494729     EISSN: 17494737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/WRITR.2006.011153     Document Type: Article

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