Network resources and social capital in airline alliance portfolios

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 441-453

  Casanueva, Cristóbal ^a   Gallego, Ángeles ^a   Sancho, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airlines alliances; Alliance portfolio; Codeshare; Network resources; Performance; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPETITIVENESS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RESOURCE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 85027932993     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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