A quantitative cross-modal analysis of transportation firms' transaction costs - Are airlines any different?

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-8

  Merkert, Rico ^a   Cowie, Jonathan ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlines; Bus operators; Railways; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; BUS TRANSPORT; FIRM SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSACTION COST;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858148764     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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