Deregulation, competition, and performance measurement of an African airport: The case of Kotoka international airport of Ghana

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-549

  Akwei, Cynthia ^a   Tsamenyi, Mathew ^b   Sa'id, Hadiza ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862750359     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21482     Document Type: Article

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