How might hospitality organizations optimize their performance measurement systems?

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 574-588

  Cruz, Inês ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hotel and catering industry; Performance measures; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848896628     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110710818310     Document Type: Article

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