Growth and internationalisation strategies in the airline industry

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-115

  Ramón Rodríguez, Ana B ^a   Moreno Izquierdo, Luis ^a   Perles Ribes, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Internationalisation; Low cost airlines

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MARKET SYSTEM; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 79551501308     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Abernathy W.J., Utterback J. Patterns of industrial innovation. Technology Review 1978, 50:41-47.
2. Aharoni Y. The race for FDI in services - the case of the airline industry. European Union and the Race for Foreign Direct Investment in Europe 2004, Elsevier, Amsterdam. L. Oxelheim, P. Ghauri (Eds.).
3. Alamdari F., Mason K. The future of airline distribution. Journal of Air Transport Management 2006, 12:122-134.
4. Albers S., Heuremann C., Koch B. Internationalization strategies of EU and Asia-Pacific low fare airlines. Journal of Air Transport Management 2010, 16:144-250.
5. Anderson E., Gatignon H. Modes of foreign market entry: a transaction cost analysis and propositions. Journal of International Business Studies 1986, 17:1-26.
6. Assaf A. Are U.S. airlines really in crisis?. Tourism Management 2009, 30:916-921.
7. Barba Navaretti G., Venables A.J. Multinational Firms in the World Economy 2004, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
8. Berry S. Estimation of a model of entry in the airline industry. Econometrica 1992, 60:889-917.
9. Bjelicic B. The model of low cost airlines - past, present and future. Handbook of Low Cost Airlines 2004, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Göttingen. S. Grob, A. Schöeder (Eds.).
10. Borenstein S. Hubs and high fares: dominance and market power in the US airline industry. RAND Journal of Economics 1989, 20:344-365.
11. Borenstein S., Rose N. Competition and price dispersion in the US airline industry. The Journal of Political Economy 1994, 102:653-683.
12. Caves R. International corporation: the industrial economic of foreign investment. Economica 1971, 38:1-27.
13. Caves D.W., Christensen L.R., Tretheway M.W. Economies of density versus economies of scale: why trunk and local service airline costs differ. RAND Journal of Economics 1984, 15:471-486.
14. Cento A. The Airline Industry: Challenges in the 21st Century 2008, Physica-Verlag, Segrate.
15. Debbage K. The international airline industry: globalization, regulation and strategic alliances. Journal of Transport Geography 1994, 2:190-203.
16. Gomes-Casseres B. Ownership structures of foreign subsidiaries. Theory and evidence. Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization 1989, 11:1-25.
17. Gudmundsson S.V., Rhoades L.D. Airline alliance survival analysis. Transport Policy 2001, 8:209-218.
18. Hymer S.H. The International Operations of National Firms: a Study of Direct Foreign Investment 1960, MIT Press, Cambridge MA.
19. Johanson J., Vahlne J.-E. The internationalization process of firms. A model of knowledge development and increasing foreign market commitments. Journal of International Business Studies 1977, 8:23-32.
20. Levine M.E. Airline competition in deregulated markets: theory, firm strategy, and public policy. The Yale Journal of Regulation 1987, 8:393-494.
21. Oum T.H., Zhang A., Zhang Y. Airline network rivalry. Canadian Journal of Economics 1995, 28:836-857.
22. Pitfield D.E. A time series analysis of the pricing behaviour of directly competitive 'low-cost' airlines. International Journal of Transport Economics 2005, 32:15-38.
23. Porter M. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors 1980, Free Press, New York.
24. Rugman A. Inside the Multinationals. The Economics Internal Markets 1981, New York Columbia University Press.
25. Shane S. The effect of national culture on the choice between licensing and direct foreign investment. Strategic Management Journal 1994, 15:627-642.
26. UNCTAD (2007): FDI in Tourism. In: The development dimension, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations, New York and Geneva.
27. Vernon R. International investment and international trade in the product cycle. Quarterly Journal of Economic 1966, 83:190-207.
28. Zhang A. Global competition in transportation markets: analysis and Policy. Making Research in Transportation Economics 2005, 13:75-100.