Airports and the automotive industry : security issues, economic efficiency and environmental impact /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zajac, Michal, 1966-, Nowaczek, Roman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2013.
Colección:Transportation infrastructure : roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit series.
Temas:
Airports > Security measures.
Airports > Economic aspects.
Airports > Environmental aspects.
Automobile industry and trade > Economic aspects.
Aéroports > Aspect de l'environnement.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Aspect économique.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Airports > Economic aspects
Airports > Environmental aspects
Airports > Security measures
Automobile industry and trade > Economic aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • AIRPORTS AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: SECURITY ISSUES, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
  • AIRPORTS AND THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: SECURITY ISSUES, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: Frontier Techniques for Measuring and Estimating Airport Efficiency: An Empirical Review with Practical Guidelines for Analysis and Future Research
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. NEW CONTRIBUTION AND SURVEY LIMITATIONS
  • 3. CHOICE OF FRONTIER EFFICIENCY TECHNIQUE
  • 4. SCOPE AND OUTCOMES OF PAST STUDIES
  • 5. SPECIFICATION OF INPUTS AND OUTPUTS
  • 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2: Intelligent Braking
  • Technology, Performance and Economic Challenge
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • INTELLIGENCE AND BRAKING SYSTEMS
  • INTELLIGENT BRAKING
  • DYNAMIC CONTROL OF BRAKES PERFORMANCE
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3: Shareholder Value of European Airports
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. Airport Commercialisation and Privatisation
  • 1.2. Research Objectives and Rationale
  • 1.3. Structure of the Article
  • 2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND METHODS
  • 2.1. Literature Review
  • 2.2. Economic Value Added
  • 2.3. Sample Airports
  • 3. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
  • 3.1. Performance Characteristics of Sample Airports
  • 3.2. Correlations of EVA and Other Financial Indicators
  • 4. ECONOMIC REGULATION
  • 4.1. Regulatory Regimes
  • 4.2. Impact of Regulation on Shareholder Value
  • 5. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK
  • APPENDIX A
  • APPENDIX B
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 4: The Economic Effects of Air Transportation
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. AIR TRANSPORT: GLOBAL TRENDS
  • 2. CHANGING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: IMPACT ON AIRLINE COMPETITION AND AIR TRANSPORTATION.
  • 3. DISENTANGLING THE VALUE CHAIN: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MARKET FOR AIRPORTS, AIRLINES AND AVIATION SERVICES
  • 3.1. Public Provision of Airports: Externalities and Monopolistic Structure
  • 3.2. Airlines: Hub-and-Spoke or Point-to-Point
  • 4. THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF PUBLIC (AIRPORT) INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS: SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS
  • 4.1. General Results
  • 4.2. Airport Infrastructure Results
  • 5. EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
  • 6. DEMAND EFFECTS AND INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS
  • A CRITICAL REAPPRAISAL
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5: A Fuzzy LARG Index Model to the Automotive Supply Chain
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. BACKGROUND
  • 2.1. Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green SCM Paradigms
  • 2.2. Fuzzy Logic
  • 3. FUZZY LARG INDEX
  • 4. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6: International Firm Responses to Crisis Impacts: The Case of the Automotive Industry
  • ABSTRACT
  • THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DURING THE CRISIS
  • CRISIS EXIT STRATEGIES AND REARRANGEMENT OF THE SECTOR
  • PRODUCTION FIGURES
  • PROSPECTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 7: Microbial Contamination of Aviation Fuel as a Potential Hazard for Flight Safety
  • ABSTRACT
  • 1. PROPERTIES AND TYPES OF AVIATION FUELS
  • 2. FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION
  • 3. PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MICROBIAL FUEL CONTAMINATION
  • 4. MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS OF AVIATION FUELS
  • 5. METHODS TO CONTROL MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION OF JET FUEL
  • 5.1. Physico-Mechanical Methods
  • 5.2. Chemical Methods
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Index.

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