Authors: Lars-Gunnar Mattsson; Maria Dembrower; Susanne Hertz
This paper is about how smaller firms entered the and developed on the Swedish market ofairline indusry by making use of alliances and networks. Our findings show that of a changingmarket structure over time. In the early stages the smaller firms had a situation where themonopolist tried to contiue its domination of the market by hindering interline agreements, byalliances or by acquisitions. Later on dominance declined and the smaller firms grew strongerbut competitionswas intensified. A combination of entry and exit of firms and businesses wasimportant for development. Small firms entered from nearby air business and most commonalliance were operational. The small firms formed loosely connected networks while thelarger had tighter networks. Regions seemed more important than countries.
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Publish Year: 2004
Conference: Copenhagen, Denmark (2004)