Title :
The role of logistics capabilities in promoting air cargo flows
Author :
Yuan Sun ; Qing Lu ; Peng, Xinmin ; Goh, Mark ; De Souza, Robert
Author_Institution :
School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Using data from 18 Asia Pacific states, this research explores the key antecedents of air cargo flow of Asia Pacific at state level. The result indicates that logistics capabilities of a country, measured by Logistics Performance Index (LPI), is the most significant influencing factor, shadowing other three factors including GDP per capita, air freight cost and the connectivity.
Keywords :
Airports; Asia; Economic indicators; Geography; Logistics; Air cargo flow; Asia Pacific; Logistics Infrastructure; Logistics performance index;
Conference_Titel :
Information Science and Engineering (ICISE), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7616-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICISE.2010.5691799
