Business outsourcing and organisational performance: The case of the Greek hotel industry

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-127

  Chatzoglou, Prodromos D ^a,b   Sarigiannidis, Lazaros ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Hotel activities; Organisational performance; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FINANCE; HOTELS; MANAGERS; SURVEYS;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OUTSOURCING STRATEGY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH MODELS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; STRATEGIC VALUES;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 58449123583     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2009.022520     Document Type: Article

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