Social software practices on the internet: Implications for the hotel industry

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 415-426

  Dwivedi, Mridula ^a   Shibu, T P ^a   Venkatesh, Umashankar ^a  

^a Institute for International Management and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Communications; Computer communications software; Consumer goods; Hotels; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547246176     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110710757570     Document Type: Article

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