Innovation behavior in the hotel industry

Omega

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 380-394

  Orfila Sintes, Francina ^b   Mattsson, Jan ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Innovation; Management of technology; Performance impact; Services

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SERVICE; EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS; HOTEL INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE IMPACT; SERVICE; SERVICE SCOPE; TYPES OF INNOVATIONS;

HOTELS;

EID: 46149085668     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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