Middle-up-down and top-down approaches: Strategy implementation, uncertainty, structure, and foodservice segment

Tourism

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-395

  Harrington, Robert J ^a   Kendall, K W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Foodservice; Implementation; Middle up down; Top down; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847018406     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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