@article{Biermann2012, author = {Biermann, Thomas}, title = {Will Terrorist Attacks on Air Cargo Have an Impact on World Trade?}, journal = {Wissenschaftliche Beitr{\"a}ge 2012}, volume = {16}, doi = {10.15771/0949-8214_2012_1_9}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus-1286}, institution = {Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft / Wirtschaftsinformatik (bis 8/2014); Wildau Institute of Technology (WIT)}, pages = {69 -- 77}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Air Cargo forms a significant part of civil aviation and played a central role in the growth of world trade in the era of globalisation. International terrorists have become aware of this importance and launched their first direct attack from Yemen in 2010. In this paper the characteristics of air cargo in regard to security issues will be discussed. It can be shown that a certain amount of risk remains in spite of improved protection strategies, but tightening security restrictions too much could have an even worse impact by strangling world trade flows.}, language = {en} }