laborative initiatives. The JV’s CEO participates in and facilitates the Chief Executive Board meetings. And the JV’s VPs work closely with member airlines’ alliance managers to iden- tify and formulate new projects, and are involved in all of the more than 50 existing work groups within the alliance that topically fall within their area of responsibility (i.e., network, revenue, etc.).
The staffing of decision-making channels also allows us to distinguish the degree of horizon-