This paper surveys alternative methodologies for measuring and comparing the productivity
and efficiency of railways, and the empirical findings of applied studies. Empirical studies …

Thomas Sterner's book is an attempt to encourage more widespread and careful use of
economic policy instruments. The book compares the accumulated experiences of the use of …

The extant literature has conceptually argued that Blockchain technology can provide both
financial and operational benefits to firms in international trades. However, no studies have …

Principles of Transport Economics is a topical, comprehensive and highly informative book,
not just on principles, as the title announces, but also on the facts and figures, the empirical …

As transport activities mean movement of individuals and goods in both time and space, the
analysis of transport production involves the assignment of resources to generate trips …

This paper compares unit cost competitiveness of the world's 22 major airlines over the 1986–
93 period. First, a unit cost index for aggregate output is computed via a multilateral index …

Supply chain management researchers are increasingly using archival data to push
boundaries of existing knowledge. Archival data provide opportunities to address new …

Purpose–How should a firm decide which of four choices–ie inventory speculation, inventory
postponement, inventory consignment, and reverse inventory consignment–is most …

The impact of operational performance on airline cost structure is empirically investigated
using an aggregate, statistical cost estimation approach. Two distinct sets of operational …

Internet retailing models support supply chains where consumer order locations are
decoupled from inventory locations. In this setting, retailers dynamically consider inventory …