Competitive actions and firm performance of hotels in Hong Kong

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 611-633

  Yeung, Ping Kwong ^a   Lau, Chung Ming ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Action diversity and nonconformity; Competitive action; Strategic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744551747     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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