{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2889307355","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","title":"Convergence in the Chinese airline industry: A Malmquist productivity analysis","display_name":"Convergence in the Chinese airline industry: A Malmquist productivity analysis","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-08-31","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2889307355","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","mag":"2889307355"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S99242495","display_name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","issn_l":"0969-6997","issn":["0969-6997","1873-2089"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049992125","display_name":"Zhongfei Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-4169","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-4169"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I159948400","display_name":"Jinan University","ror":"https://ror.org/02xe5ns62","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I159948400"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhongfei Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Economics, China Center for Economic Development and Innovation Strategy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Economics, China Center for Economic Development and Innovation Strategy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I159948400"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103132791","display_name":"Panayiotis Tzeremes","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0746-3839","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0746-3839"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145722265","display_name":"University of Thessaly","ror":"https://ror.org/04v4g9h31","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145722265"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Panayiotis Tzeremes","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of Economic Policy and Strategic Planning, University of Thessaly, Department of Economics, 28th October 78, 38333, Volos, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of Economic Policy and Strategic Planning, University of Thessaly, Department of Economics, 28th October 78, 38333, Volos, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145722265"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5067741469","display_name":"Nickolaos Tzeremes","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6938-3404","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6938-3404"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145722265","display_name":"University of Thessaly","ror":"https://ror.org/04v4g9h31","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145722265"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Nickolaos G. Tzeremes","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of Economic Policy and Strategic Planning, University of Thessaly, Department of Economics, 28th October 78, 38333, Volos, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of Economic Policy and Strategic Planning, University of Thessaly, Department of Economics, 28th October 78, 38333, Volos, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145722265"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5067741469"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145722265"],"apc_list":{"value":3250,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3250},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.9847,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":29,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.87564886,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":93,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"73","issue":null,"first_page":"77","last_page":"86"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9429000020027161,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10357","display_name":"Efficiency Analysis Using DEA","score":0.9429000020027161,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11599","display_name":"Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends","score":0.05660000070929527,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2000","display_name":"General Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10393","display_name":"Economic Growth and Productivity","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/air-transport","display_name":"airline industry","score":0.7490000128746033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/productivity-convergence","display_name":"productivity convergence","score":0.8659999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/malmquist-index","display_name":"Malmquist productivity index","score":0.8579999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/technological-change","display_name":"technological change","score":0.8429999947547913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pure-technical-efficiency","display_name":"pure technical efficiency","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale-efficiency","display_name":"scale efficiency","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/club-convergence","display_name":"club convergence","score":0.8500000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/airline-deregulation","display_name":"airline deregulation","score":0.6660000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/innovation-capability","display_name":"innovation ability","score":0.8330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chinese-airlines","display_name":"Chinese airlines","score":0.49900001287460327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/airline-competition","display_name":"airline competition","score":0.5960000157356262}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.7900798916816711},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777303404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759757","display_name":"Convergence (economics)","level":2,"score":0.7755662798881531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777017832","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6744383","display_name":"Malmquist index","level":4,"score":0.7184352874755859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137996800","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762702","display_name":"Technological change","level":2,"score":0.6158236265182495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91306197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45767","display_name":"Competition (biology)","level":2,"score":0.5693556070327759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777098202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7692324","display_name":"Technical change","level":3,"score":0.5531215667724609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.5407924056053162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118916094","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2207328","display_name":"Technological convergence","level":2,"score":0.5089640617370605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120009192","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936153","display_name":"Total factor productivity","level":3,"score":0.4809660017490387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779578543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1605334","display_name":"Technical progress","level":2,"score":0.46877995133399963},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777382242","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6017816","display_name":"Index (typography)","level":2,"score":0.46799299120903015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141845432","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936153","display_name":"Multifactor productivity","level":4,"score":0.4612720012664795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.4608689248561859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.4249994158744812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.3939170241355896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1700458526611328},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.14917564392089844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139719470","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39680","display_name":"Macroeconomics","level":1,"score":0.13406985998153687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.12020280957221985},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.08480566740036011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C58640448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42515","display_name":"Cartography","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2018.08.010","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S99242495","display_name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","issn_l":"0969-6997","issn":["0969-6997","1873-2089"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:eee:jaitra:v:73:y:2018:i:c:p:77-86","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969699718301601","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ir.lib.uth.gr:11615/72787","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/11615/72787","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400243","display_name":"University of Thessaly Institutional Repository (University of Thessaly)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I145722265","host_organization_name":"University of Thessaly","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145722265"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Air Transport Management","raw_type":"journalArticle"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8970999717712402,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"},{"score":0.6452000141143799,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1413325633","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2017M620022","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335443","funder_display_name":"Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G16886325","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2017A030310003","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321921","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2868407233","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"17JZD013","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321106","funder_display_name":"Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3422718291","display_name":"\u65b0\u578b\u57ce\u9547\u5316\u80cc\u666f\u4e0b\u6211\u56fd\u80fd\u6e90\u6548\u7387\u6f14\u5316\u7279\u5f81\u53ca\u5f71\u54cd\u673a\u5236\u7814\u7a76","funder_award_id":"71704065","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321106","display_name":"Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01mv9t934"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321921","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320335443","display_name":"Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":55,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1079222255","https://openalex.org/W1489106961","https://openalex.org/W1492662576","https://openalex.org/W1518254289","https://openalex.org/W1521265526","https://openalex.org/W1563869153","https://openalex.org/W1746549917","https://openalex.org/W1971422971","https://openalex.org/W1988343113","https://openalex.org/W2003436812","https://openalex.org/W2011730579","https://openalex.org/W2014799411","https://openalex.org/W2015015440","https://openalex.org/W2016902843","https://openalex.org/W2026496668","https://openalex.org/W2035939717","https://openalex.org/W2045028044","https://openalex.org/W2047943895","https://openalex.org/W2054644951","https://openalex.org/W2059727504","https://openalex.org/W2060690804","https://openalex.org/W2062014240","https://openalex.org/W2063198421","https://openalex.org/W2071101867","https://openalex.org/W2071779864","https://openalex.org/W2072130210","https://openalex.org/W2072308979","https://openalex.org/W2075043613","https://openalex.org/W2077577047","https://openalex.org/W2077858159","https://openalex.org/W2081541758","https://openalex.org/W2089277622","https://openalex.org/W2090352891","https://openalex.org/W2100546763","https://openalex.org/W2106716675","https://openalex.org/W2109298392","https://openalex.org/W2114868115","https://openalex.org/W2151574635","https://openalex.org/W2297794362","https://openalex.org/W2302346451","https://openalex.org/W2337460241","https://openalex.org/W2480691624","https://openalex.org/W2518226827","https://openalex.org/W2600794632","https://openalex.org/W2608102922","https://openalex.org/W2613434086","https://openalex.org/W2735194338","https://openalex.org/W2757255785","https://openalex.org/W2760102618","https://openalex.org/W2762480578","https://openalex.org/W2771323027","https://openalex.org/W2779510688","https://openalex.org/W2790775607","https://openalex.org/W2791139284","https://openalex.org/W2804161832"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1945596869","https://openalex.org/W2163046080","https://openalex.org/W2072189310","https://openalex.org/W2389297206","https://openalex.org/W2385205924","https://openalex.org/W4297398286","https://openalex.org/W2043260468","https://openalex.org/W4361215621","https://openalex.org/W2053591491","https://openalex.org/W2317692363"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-02T09:45:03.842371","created_date":"2018-09-07T00:00:00"}