An outsourcing provider decision model for the airline industry

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-46

  Hsu, Chao Che ^a   Liou, James J H ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DANP; Decision making; DEMATEL; DEMATEL based ANP; MCDM; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OUTSOURCING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84875811244     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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