Environmental change, strategic choice and entrepreneurial orientation the case of the travel services industry

Services Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-38

  Dilts, Jeffrey C ^a   Prough, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Environmental change; Strategic choice; Travel agency services

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746512756     PISSN: 15332969     EISSN: 15332977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J396v22n01_03     Document Type: Article

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