Potential challenges of employing a formal environmental scanning approach in hospitality organizations

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-143

  Okumus, Fevzi ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analysis; Environmental scanning; Hospitality; Hotel management; Planning; Schools of thought; Strategic management; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342432916     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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