‘The Most Regulated Deregulated Market in the World’? Sellers Organizing across Markets

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Alexius
Keyword(s):  
Air Travel ◽  
Local Markets ◽  
The World ◽  
Market Organization ◽  
Taxi Market ◽  
New Situation

Markets are interlinked in the sense that the organization of one market affects the functioning of other markets. Sellers whose sales are affected by shortcomings in another market may try to reorganize that market. In this chapter, the phenomenon of market organization across market borders is illustrated through empirical examples of how businesses in side markets such as the hotel, train, boat, and air travel markets have become active organizers of the Swedish taxi market. The Swedish state ‘deregulated’ taxi services, abolishing several organizational elements. The new situation led to severe problems for sellers in other markets who intervened and succeeded in increasing the degree of organization substantially, differently in different local markets. The taxi market is now as organized as it was prior to the ‘deregulation’, but in a different way and with different organizers.

Gas Armour for Aircraft

1922 ◽  
Vol 26 (142) ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
F. L. M. Boothby
Keyword(s):  
Air Travel ◽  
Combustible Material ◽  
The World

The greatest deterrent to the growth of air travel is the fear of fire in the minds of potential passengers. It is not a groundless fear, for there must be few members of this Society who have not lost friends and acquaintances from this cause. Unfortunately, the fuel at present in use in all aircraft is of a highly inflammable nature, as is the hydrogen with which airships are filled. So long, however, as oxygen can be kept from mixing with the gas or fuel a fire cannot occur. The problem of abolishing the risk of fire in the air resolves itself into finding the best method of excluding the oxygen from the combustible material. The means adopted must be light, otherwise the aircraft could not use them, cheap and capable of application in any part of the world.

scholarly journals Demographic changes in Europe – new challenges for the European labour market

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Daniela Dvořáková
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Demographic Structure ◽  
Working Population ◽  
The World ◽  
Strong Position ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
New Situation ◽  
The Eu

The EU is about to face a significant changes in the demographic structure of its labour force. The main causes are the reduction in fertility rates, ageing of population and increasing immigration flows. According to the projections, already in the years 2013–2014 should the share of the EU’s working population start to decline. The number of people aged over 60 is increasing about two million every year. Shrinking working population and a higher amount of retired people will place additional strains on public sector finance. How to adopt the economy and other policies to this new situation? How to maintain European global competitivness and strong position in the world? This paper discuss the main demographic changes in Europe and how to deal with them, it presents and discuss solutions how to make from a challenge an opportunity.

Flying Blind? The CIA and the Trump Administration

2020 ◽  
pp. 493-502
Author(s):  
Huw Dylan ◽  
David V. Gioe ◽  
Michael S. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
The World ◽  
New Situation ◽  
Trump Administration

The chapter details the CIA’s relationship with Trump during his Presidency. One of Trump’s first actions as President was to visit the CIA where he proclaimed ‘backing’ for the organisation, but the CIA and the President often viewed the world, and, indeed, the mission of the CIA, very differently. This led to serious questions over the Trump administrations’ respect for the independence of the CIA’s analytical judgements, and the potential for politicisation of intelligence, particularly on issues like Iran’s nuclear programme. How did the CIA adapt to this new situation.? Document: Donal J. Trump Tweet.

6. In Conclusion

1948 ◽  
Vol 52 (454) ◽  
pp. 715-718
Keyword(s):  
Present Situation ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right

I have now reached the end of my task. The theme which I have sought throughout is that operating economics, in the broadest sense, are the essence of commercial Air Transport. The purpose of Air Transport is to improve communications—and to improve them economically. Although Air Transport the World over is losing money at present, through a combination of unfortunate circumstances, the facts of the present situation and of developments in train will, I am sure, confound the prophets of gloom. Air Transport, provided with adequate tools and run on the right methods, can be made to pay—furthermore, air travel can be provided economically at fares which the average man will be able to afford.

scholarly journals Routes for COVID-19 importation in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlan Da S Candido ◽  
Alexander Watts ◽  
Leandro Abade ◽  
Moritz U G Kraemer ◽  
Oliver G Pybus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The global outbreak caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. As the number of imported SARS-CoV-2 cases is on the rise in Brazil, we use incidence and historical air travel data to estimate the most important routes of importation into the country.

Can American Egalitarianism Survive A Globalized Economy?

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Richard Rorty
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
The Other ◽  
Globalized Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Return Home ◽  
Important People

Most of the infrequent contacts between CEO’s and philosophy professors take place on airplanes. These contacts take the form of exchanges of life-stories between seatmates, exchanges which mitigate the boredom of the flight. Such exchanges provide one of the few ways in which inhabitants of the world of business and inhabitants of the academy get a sense of what the other is doing.Professors who work in fast-breaking fields like molecular biology or neopragmatist philosophy are always flying off to conferences in places like Sao Paulo, Taipei or Vienna. Our trans-oceanic flights are usually in economy class, but we nevertheless have our reward. When we return home we find that the airlines have sent us upgrade certificates for domestic air travel. This means that we can sometimes go first class to conferences in places like Los Angeles or Seattle. We thus get to sit next to richer and more important people.

Global travel deals will be subject to reversals

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Travel ◽  
Affected Country

Significance The pandemic has seen an unprecedented reduction in global travel. Previously unthinkable travel bans and border closures have been implemented throughout the world in an attempt to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Many countries are now beginning to ease restrictions, aiming to achieve a new and sustainable normal. Travel is a crucial component of the global economy and the sector is restarting, but it faces major challenges. Impacts Domestic air travel will begin its recovery much ahead of international travel as it will not have to deal with border restrictions. Large outbreaks could lead to quarantines for individuals traveling to and from the affected country until control has been regained. Improvements in testing quality and capacity will significantly aid the global recovery process.

scholarly journals Benefits of Aviation Weather Services: A Review of International Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwabena Asomanin Anaman ◽  
Ruth Quaye ◽  
Bernice Owusu-Brown
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Weather Information ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
The World ◽  
Aviation Operations ◽  
Aviation Weather

This paper presents a summary of the international literature published on the benefits of aviation weather services. Aviation operations are highly sensitive to weather conditions. Information on weather conditions helps meteorologists, pilots, navigators, airline companies and businesses to ensure safe flights and save money by reducing some of the stringent requirements related to carrying extra fuel loads. The development of constantly updated flight plans with respect to available weather information regarding changing wind and general weather conditions can enable aircraft to use fuel more efficiently and navigate their planes in safer environments that avoid turbulence and make air flights comfortable to the travelling public. The summary literature presented in this paper illustrates the importance of the work of meteorologists in the production of relevant information and data that are accessible to pilots and navigators. The pooling of meteorological information, data and other resources by member countries of the World Meteorological Organisation represents a classic case of international cooperation that has ensured relatively safe and comfortable air flights across the world since the era of international air travel in the 20th Century speeding up the process of the more historically-recent globalisation.

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