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Air safety & security: Traveller perceptions post the Malaysian Air disasters
Beck, Matthew J.; Rose, John M.; Merkert, RicoPublished 2015-10-01Air transport is of substantial importance to economies, societies and freedom as it connects businesses and individuals with the world. However, two recent Malaysia Airlines incidents have resulted in even more security ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Analysing air operators’ managerial perceptions of incentives for competing for regional PSO air services within Europe
Merkert, Rico; O’Fee, BasilPublished 2014-11-01While it has been established in previous research that public support for air services to peripheral or economically underdeveloped regions is justifiable, the current EU Public Service Obligation (PSO) air service mechanism ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Collaboration as a service (CaaS) to fully integrate public transportation – lessons from long distance travel to reimagine Mobility as a Service
Merkert, Rico; Bushell, James; Beck, MatthewPublished 2019-03-01Integrated mobility aims to improve multimodal integration to make public transport an attractive alternative to private transport. This paper critically reviews extant literature and current public transport governance ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Consumer preferences for innovative and traditional last-mile parcel delivery
Merkert, Rico; Bliemer, Michiel C.J.; Fayyaz, MuhammadPublished 2022The purpose of this research is to reveal consumer preferences towards innovative last-mile parcel delivery and more specifically unmanned aerial delivery drones, in comparison to traditional postal delivery (postie) and ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Cost structure effects of horizontal airline mergers and acquisitions
Gudmundsson, Sveinn Vidar; Merkert, Rico; Redondi, RenatoPublished 2020The purpose of this research is to test the ex-post cost structure effects in horizontal mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Our proposed methodology quantifies cost structure effects empirically to inform competition policy ...Article -
Determinants of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system revenue and effectiveness – A global benchmarking exercise
Merkert, Rico; Mulley, Corinne; Hakim, Md MahbubulPublished 2018-01-01Bus rapid transit systems (BRT) have evolved in all shapes and sizes around the world in the last 30 years motivated by providing greater efficiency and value for money than potential alternatives. This paper aims to explore ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Editorial: Thredbo 17 conference
Hensher, David A.; Merkert, Rico; Nelson, John D.; Connell, Rebecca; Steel, RuthPublished 2023This volume of Research in Transportation Economics collects the workshop reports as well as the best papers presented at the 17th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (the ...Open AccessArticle -
Efficient procurement of public air services - Lessons learned from European transport authorities' perspectives
Merkert, Rico; O’Fee, BasilPublished 2012-09-01This paper aims to derive lessons and best practices from the different European experiences by viewing issues from a public transport authority perspective. The heart of this paper is a survey of European air service ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Emerging business models and implications for the transport ecosystem
Merkert, Rico; Wong, Yale ZPublished 2020This paper summarises our findings from discussing emerging business models in transportation. Going well beyond big data and regulatory issues, we also examine how new and emerging business models, leveraging on advances ...Open AccessPresentation -
How the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the landscape of transportation research: An integrative scoping review and roadmap for future research
Haghani, Milad; Merkert, Rico; Behnood, Ali; De Gruyter, Chris; Kazemzadeh, Khashayar; Ghaderi, Hadi; Shahhoseini, Zahra; Thai, Vinh; Irannezhad, Elnaz; Fahimnia, Behnam; Waller, S Travis; Hensher, David APublished 2022-06-27In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, scholars across all domains of science and engineering mobilised their efforts to address its far-reaching societal problems. Transportation researchers were no exemption. With mobility ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The impact of terminal re-organisation on belly-hold freight operation chains at airports
Merkert, Rico; Ploix, BorisPublished 2013-07-01While it is widely acknowledged that airport re-organisation from destination to dedicated airline group terminals makes passenger travel more seamless, more efficient and also more profitable for both airlines and airports, ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
The importance of completeness and clarity in air transport contracts in remote regions in Europe and Australia
Merkert, Rico; Hensher, David A.Published 2011-08-01As a result of the recent financial crisis and in times of government austerity, clear contracts are of immense importance to transport authorities in order to achieve value for money when procuring air transport services. ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
A literature/evidence review and assessment of a strategic case for fast trains in NSW?
Rose, John; Merkert, Rico; Hensher, David A.Published 2024-07-17The need to balance population and employment growth with economic and environmentally sustainable initiatives represents one of, if not the most significant challenges facing Governments today. To place the difficulties ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Managing the drone revolution: A systematic literature review into the current use of airborne drones and future strategic directions for their effective control
Merkert, Rico; Bushell, JamesPublished 2020Commercial and private deployment of airborne drones is revolutionising many ecosystems. To identify critical issues and research gaps, our systematic literature review findings suggest that historic issues such as privacy, ...Article -
Open access for railways and transaction cost economics – Management perspectives of Australia's rail companies
Merkert, Rico; Hensher, David A.Published 2014-06-01With the aim to improve efficiency and value for money, in addition to tendered services the European Commission approach to rail organisation allows substantial open access rail services in both passenger and freight ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Quo vadis air transport management research?
Merkert, RicoPublished 2022The aim of this short paper/editorial is to evaluate key performance indicators of the JATM, discuss its development and to explore areas of future research for aviation management research more generally. The impact factor ...Other -
Revolution or epidemic? A systematic literature review on the effective control of airborne drones
Merkert, Rico; Bushell, JamesPublished 2020-01-01Commercial and private deployment of airborne drones is revolutionising many ecosystems. With the aim to identify critical issues and research gaps, our systematic literature review findings suggest that historic issues ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Strategic Management of Integrated Public Transport and its Value in the Air Bus Service Context
Merkert, Rico; Beck, MatthewPublished 2017-01-01While there is a well-developed body of academic literature on how to procure ground transport services and how to integrate those services, there is virtually no literature on how to do this in the context of air services ...Open AccessWorking Paper -
Ultra Long-Haul: An emerging business model accelerated by COVID-19
Bauer, Linus Benjamin; Bloch, Daniel; Merkert, RicoPublished 2020The COVID-19 outbreak has sent shockwaves throughout the aviation industry, sending a myriad of liquidity-strapped airlines into administration or part government ownership. In turn, this paper argues that the novel ...Article -
Unlocking Public Procurement as a Tool for Place-Based Industrial Strategy
Day, Christopher James; Merkert, RicoPublished 2021The Global Financial Crisis and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the perils of industrial atrophy and spatial inequality rampant within advanced economies. Despite growing interest in lifting economic ...Open AccessWorking Paper
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