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The impact of general sales agents on the air cargo industry
Abstract
A General Sales Agent (GSA) is an airline’s outsourcing counter part that markets and manages cargo services. An empirical investigation is undertaken to ascertain whether GSAs contribute economically to the air cargo industry using three‘litmus test’ indicators:
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