Case studies in tourism research: A state-of-the-art analysis

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 738-749

  Xiao, Honggen ^a   Smith, Stephen L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study; Content analysis; Journal analysis; Research methods; Tourism research

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745811623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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