Entrepreneurial attitude, innovation and performance among Norwegian nature-based tourism enterprises

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 473-479

  Nybakk, Erlend ^a,b   Hansen, Eric ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial attitude; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Nature based tourism; Opportunity recognition; Performance; Risk taker

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTIONS; ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDE; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; INNOVATION; INNOVATIVENESS; LITTLE RESEARCH; MAIL SURVEYS; NATURE-BASED TOURISM; OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION; PERFORMANCE; POLICY ACTIONS; RISK TAKER; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 50549089986     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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