Market concentration in the air freight forwarding industry

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-188

  Bowen, John ^a   Leinbach, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air freight forwarding; Case study analysis; Economies of scope; Market concentration; Services transnational corporations; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARGO HANDLING; ECONOMY OF SCALE; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GLOBAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 9944248277     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0040-747X.2004.t01-1-00299.x     Document Type: Article

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