Competition, agglomeration, and performance of Beijing hotels

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-171

  Tsang, Eric W K ^a   Yip, Paul S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Beijing; Competition; Hotel industry; Performance

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; RANKING; SERVICE SECTOR; TRADE-OFF;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 59849097365     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802294896     Document Type: Article

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