2012, vol. 2, núm. 1

Summary

  • Determinants of profitability and recovery from system-wide shocks: the case of the airline industry 

    Mantin, Benny; Wang, Jen-Hung Edward (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-05)
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    Open Access
    Purpose: Examination of the determinants of profitability in the U.S. domestic airline industry by considering operations strategy, productivity, and service measures, while focusing the attention on the effects of the ...

  • "Non-aviation" activities and the introduction of new thinking and ideas in the airport business: empirical evidence from an Italian case study 

    Fasone, Vincenzo; Maggiore, Pasquale (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-05)
    Article
    Open Access
    Purpose: This paper aims to describe the main changes occurring in the airport industry with particular attention to the increasing relevance of the non-aviation activities. In fact, during the most recent decades, the ...

  • Varig case: the downfall of a Brazilian icon 

    Emboaba Moreira, Mauricio; Guimaraes Ferrer, Celso Jr (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-05)
    Article
    Open Access
    Purpose: This article aims to examine the reasons of strategic nature that led Varig, the traditional 80 year-old Brazilian flag carrier, to a decadence process, which, in 2006, put a doubt over the continuity of its ...