The aim of the research reported in this thesis is to investigate and understand thestrategic management of airports … management capacitieshave changed in recent decades with regard to external pressures associated withincreasing commercialisation … and government policy on the ownership and control ofairports.The significance of those external pressures is discussed …

management. It can be noticed that the emphasis is placed to a higher extent on the private property management, which is more … profit-oriented, compared to the public property management, driven by the public sector's purpose to achieve the welfare of … its citizens. However, during the last years, the interest in assets management has grown also at municipal level. The …