Productivity of airline carriers and its relation to deregulation, privatisation and membership in strategic alliances

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-237

  Sjögren, Stefan ^a   Söderberg, Magnus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airline; Alliance; Deregulation; Privatisation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; PRIVATIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALLIANCE; PRODUCTIVITY GAIN; RANDOM PARAMETERS; STATE OWNERSHIP; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER MODELS; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEREGULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIVATIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 78650303946     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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