Organizational learning, operating costs and airline consolidation policy in the Chinese airline industry
| Autor: | Clement Kong Wing Chow, Wai Hong Kan Tsui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
050210 logistics & transportation
business.industry Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Cost accounting Transportation Management Monitoring Policy and Law Consolidation (business) Empirical research 0502 economics and business Mergers and acquisitions Organizational learning Business Performance improvement Marketing Law 050203 business & management Industrial organization |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Air Transport Management. 63:108-118 |
| ISSN: | 0969-6997 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.06.018 |
| Popis: | This study investigated and reviewed organizational learning in the Chinese airline industry, which is dominated by state-owned or state-controlled airlines. This empirical research focused on the extensive scale of airline mergers and acquisitions among 12 Chinese airlines for the period of 1996–2014. This research aims to make a contribution towards addressing the general lack of academic reflection on the impact of organizational learning on airline performance during and after the completion of mergers and acquisitions. The empirical findings of this paper suggested that there was, in general, organizational learning experienced by Chinese airlines from their prior operating experience in improving operating costs. However, airline mergers in 2001/02 increased airlines' average operating costs, as most state-owned airlines are notorious for poor cost management. Significantly, the performance improvement among Chinese airlines was found during the post-merger periods in this study, and the increase in Chinese airlines’ operating costs during the post-acquisition periods due to the limited integration of 2010 acquisition compared with the 2001/02 mergers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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