Effects of internal resources on airline competitiveness

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-32

  Low, Joyce M W ^a   Lee, Byung Kwon ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airline competitiveness; Country specific influences; Differentiation strategy; Full legacy carriers; Low cost carriers; Resource management

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; BILATERAL AGREEMENT; COMPETITIVENESS; HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PROFITABILITY; SERVICE SECTOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84891647884     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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