Zusammenfassung Die gebräuchlichen Methoden zur Verdeutlichung der konjunkturellen Aussage einer Zeitreihe liefern an ihrem aktuellen Rand nur ein relativ ungenaues Bild. Darum wird hier als ein alternatives Verfahren vorgeschlagen, das Signale einer sich anbahnenden konjunkturellen Wende in...

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein Tiefpaßfilter vorgestellt, der speziell dafür entworfen wurde, die konjunkturelle Entwicklung am aktuellen Rand einer Zeitreihe nachzuvollziehen. Anhand von Transferfunktionen, praktischen Anwendungen und stochastischen Simulationen werden seine Eigenschaften mit...

Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Leistungsfähigkeit zweier Verfahren zur Verdeutlichung der konjunkturellen Entwicklung einer wirtschaftlichen Zeitreihe am aktuellen Rand verglichen. Es handelt sich dabei um einen neu entwickelten Tiefpassfilter und das...

Summary The Baxter-King filter shows some weaknesses, particularly with regard to monthly time series. This procedure involves not only a loss of data for the border areas of time series, but suppresses inadequately high frequency components and shows as a low-pass filter only the performance of...

This is the first of a series of three papers discussing a major benchmarking initiative in the air cargo freight industry sector. The project itself focused on nine major competitors in the cargo industry and included organisations known to be leaders in the areas of service excellence. The...

This is the second paper of a series of three, discussing a benchmarking application in the air cargo freight industry. The paper discusses the following: qualitative benchmarking data across a wide range of attributes and an analysis of performance gaps in each area of the questionnaire utilised;...

The aim of the common transport policy of the EEC and the reasons for the slow progress to date are discussed. Harmonisation of regulation and competition policy are important issues in the cabotage debate and are examined. Cabotage is defined and the effect of the proposals on member states...

In 1985, the European Commission, under the leadership of Lord Cockfield published a White Paper which has as its purpose the creation of a European barrier‐free market by 1992. The White Paper includes 300 measures to accomplish this goal. The directives that have direct implications for...

Understanding the factors which are influential in the choice to purchase a service (or product) may be insufficient for the basis of a marketing strategy. It is also important to understand the interrelationships among these choice factors. Customers, or groups of customers may place a...

Suggests that source loyalty can be described as the preference of a buyer to purchase a product or service from the same source as previously. Investigates the case of freight transport. Reveals a high degree of loyalty among respondent firms, which is attributable to service quality.