Outsourcing in Australian Hotels: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-110

  Lamminmaki, Dawne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency theory; contingency theory; hotel outsourcing; transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649117873     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348006296714     Document Type: Article

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