Networks, clusters and innovation in tourism: A UK experience

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1141-1152

  Novelli, Marina ^a   Schmitz, Birte ^a   Spencer, Trisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; Healthy Lifestyle Tourism; Innovation; Inter firm synergies; Knowledge transfer; Network; SMEs collaboration

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746368683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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