Tourism supply chain management: A new research agenda

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-358

  Zhang, Xinyan ^a   Song, Haiyan ^a   Huang, George Q ^b  

^a THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Supply chain management; Tourism management; Tourism supply chain

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 60949090262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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