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Temperature Controlled Aircraft Unit Load Devices: The Technological Response to Growing Global Air Cargo Cool Chain Requirements

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Title Temperature Controlled Aircraft Unit Load Devices: The Technological Response to Growing Global Air Cargo Cool Chain Requirements
 
Creator Baxter, Glenn
Kourousis, Kyriakos
 
Subject air cargo; aircraft unit load devices; airlines; cool chain; temperature-controlled containers; wide-body aircraft
 
Description Unit load devices (ULDs) are pallets and containers which are used to carry air cargo, mail and passengers baggage on wide-body aircraft. Using an in-depth case study, an empirical investigation was undertaken to examine the recent technological developments and innovations in the temperature-controlled containers that are used extensively in the growing and highly important air cargo cool chains. The results demonstrated that advances in refrigeration systems and the use of composite materials used in the construction of these containers have enhanced the ability of key stakeholders to provide unbroken cool-chains. The study further demonstrated that the services and expertise of Envirotainer, the case company, as well as its strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, underpin its ability to deliver and capture value from its participation in the industry.
 
Publisher Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
 
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Date 2015-04-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1452
10.4067/S0718-27242015000100012
 
Source Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 10, No 1 (2015); 157-172
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 10, No 1 (2015); 157-172
0718-2724
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1452/954
 
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