Internationalization of US multinational hotel companies: Expansion to Asia versus Europe

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 657-664

  Lee, Seoki ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm value; Internationalization; Multinational hotel companies; Tobin's Q

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149106968     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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