Innovation through cooperation in destinations: First results of an empirical study in Austria

Anatolia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-83

  Pikkemaat, Birgit ^a   Weiermair, Klaus ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine tourism; Cooperation; Innovation; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; NETWORKING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34547674875     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2007.9687036     Document Type: Article

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