Efficiency and Competitiveness of International Airlines

• Main Authors: Heshmati, Almas (Author), Kim, Jungsuk (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Leadership.; Business mathematics.; Microeconomics.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Policy.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Business Mathematics.

This book focuses on the factors that support the strengths of international airlines in general and the Asian airline carriers in particular. Defining the quality of human capital as the level of education and the competence of airline employees, it analyzes the efficiency of 39 airlines in various...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction to Efficiency and Competitiveness of International Airlines
• 2: Survey of Studies on Airlines and their Efficiencies
• 3. A Review of the Airline Industry
• 4: Stochastic Frontier Production Function Model Specification and Estimation Results
• 5: Stochastic Frontier Cost Function Model Specification and Estimation Results
• 6: Summary, Conclusion and Policy Recommendations.