Management style and competitive strategies among tourism firms in the Northern Rivers

Tourism Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-339

  Dimmock, K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive strategies; Management style; Manager competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040907372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(98)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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