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Evaluation of Financial and Operational Sustainability with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods: An Application in the US Airline Market Cover

Evaluation of Financial and Operational Sustainability with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods: An Application in the US Airline Market

By: Veysi Asker  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2024-0043 | Journal eISSN: 2344-5416 | Journal ISSN: 1842-4120
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 66
Published on: Jan 22, 2025
Published by: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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