Success and failure in Northern California: Critical success factors for independent restaurants

Cornell Hospitality Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-380

  Camillo, Angelo A ^a   Connolly, Daniel J ^b   Woo Gon, Kim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Undergraduate programs

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business failure; Critical success factors; Entrepreneurship; Multiple case study method; Restaurant; Restaurant management; Restaurant strategy; San Francisco; Small business owner

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949123804     PISSN: 19389655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938965508317712     Document Type: Article

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