The passenger cruise market is one of the fastest growing sectors in the international tourist industry. In the 1990s it is characterised by new 'megaliners' which can carry over two and a half thousand passengers in luxurious accommodation. The market has expanded with new passengers, new...

This paper focuses on the packaging sector in the Greek logistics market. It seeks to evaluate in the broader sense the packaging operations and the potential problems such as barriers that a number of local laws, based on the European Packaging Directive 94/62/EC, might be generated in the...

Following Roberts (1990) and Dent (1990). this study investigates the importance of complexifying the relationship between strategy and accounting. The genealogical approach of Hoskin et al (1997) provides inspiration as to the ways in which strategic discourse (itself promoted as a subject of...

This thesis investigates the development of capabilities by incumbent telecommunications operators in the context of the transition to the Next Generation Network (NGN). In particular, it examines the case of BT in the UK, as a large-scale first mover in this transition. The research is based on...

Sea transportation is a competitive service industry. All shipping companies compete via freight rates, transit time and service quality. Since a shipping line pays substantial operational expenses to maintain its container fleet, it is important that shippers plan and schedule efficiently the...

Competition has a huge influence on customer buying behaviour and will impact on the optimal price that companies should charge for goods or services. To date, many dynamic pricing models have not modelled competition explicitly. In this paper, we introduce pricing strategies that maximize...