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The impact of E-commerce technology on the air travel industry
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| Title: | The impact of E-commerce technology on the air travel industry |
| Authors: | Gasson, Susan |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | IRMA & Idea Group Publishing |
| Citation: | Annals of Cases on Information Technology, V: pp. 234-249. |
| Abstract: | This case study examines the impact of online reservation systems and e-commerce on
the travel industry. Two questions are examined:
1. How can competitive advantage be obtained from the exploitation of new information
technologies—in particular, e-commerce technologies?
2. How has the role of travel agents changed because of the new information technologies
being used to achieve competitive advantage in the air travel industry?
Initial discussion concerns the impact of the American Airlines SABRE system, as this
has often been touted as giving American Airlines first-mover advantage in the industry. The
wider impact of remote-access, computerized reservation systems, or Global Distribution
Systems, and e-commerce access to online reservations in the travel industry is analyzed,
using Porter’s five-force model of industry competitive forces, to understand how the travel
industry has shaped and has been shaped by information systems.
The case study concludes with a comparison of the impact of information technologies
between the U.S. and European travel industries. It concludes that technology alone does
not affect the roles of industry players, but the development of winning technologies exploits
structural factors in the environment. Constant evolution of strategic information systems
is critical to producing competitive advantage, but opportunism also plays a strong role. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1994 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (IST)
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