Ownership Structure and the Performance of Air Malawi
Greenwell Matchaya, PhD Leeds University-Business School-UK __________________________________________________________________________________ In this article effort is made to highlight some theoretical mechanisms through which Air Malawi’s ownership structure could affect its very ability for innovation and ultimately, performance. The article further considers some of the many possibilities that Air Malawi may need to try in order to survive these hard times. If records are correct, Air Malawi became independent in 1967 following the dissolution of the Central African Airways that year and since then the airliner went through a series of tough and good times. A number of aircrafts were bought and added to the airliner’s fleet and at the turn of the political upheaval in 1993 the company had just acquired the Dornier 228, Boeing 737-300 and the ATR 42. It appears however that the dawn of the many changes in the political ecosystem in the mid 1990s also marked the e...