دانلود رایگان مقاله تجاری سازی و فرودگاه عملکرد مورد اعتبار فرودگاه دوبلین ایرلند

abstract

Airport performance has been the subject of an increasing volume of empirical research in recent years. This paper bridges a gap in the existing literature through an in-depth case study analysis of the process of commercialisation in the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Ireland's state-owned airport company, and the corresponding impact on performance over the 1994e2014 period. We use a model of commercialisation to examine changes in the DAA's internal and external environments that show evidence of a more commercial focus. The DAA's economic performance is then analysed using total factor productivity (TFP) and labour productivity indicators, as well as basic financial indicators. Our analysis highlights the significant internal and external changes experienced by the DAA over the past two decades that have driven a continuous process of commercialisation. While TFP growth was positive or stable in half of the years that we examined, the overall level of TFP declined over our timeframe of analysis. Much of this decline was due to two considerable programmes of investment in long-lived infrastructure assets where a return in the short-term would not be expected.

9. Discussion and conclusion

By presenting an in-depth case study analysis of the impact of commercialisation on the productivity and performance of the DAA this paper bridges a significant gap in the airport productivity literature, which, to date, has largely employed large cross-country or within-country panel data sets and concentrated on the productivity effects of numerous environmental (e.g. regional competition) and management (e.g. airport ownership) variables, as well as airport characteristics such as airport hub status. While such studies provide valuable insights into the relative efficiency of airports across countries and the determinants of such differences, there is a considerable dearth of in-depth case-study analysis that seeks to get inside the ‘black box’ in the airport productivity literature.