Public support for tourism SMEs in peripheral areas: The Arjeplog project, Northern Sweden

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 579-599

  Nilsson, Per Åke ^a   Petersen, Tage ^a   Wanhill, Stephen ^a,b  

^a Centre for Regional and Tourism Research of Bornholm   (Denmark)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERAL REGION; REGIONAL POLICY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 20444484137     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060500092436     Document Type: Article

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