The role of cluster types and firm size in designing the level of network relations: The experience of the Antalya tourism region

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-597

  Erkuş Öztürk, Hilal ^a,b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Antalya; Cluster type; Firm size; Global network; Local network; Specialization; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVENESS; FIRM SIZE; SPECIALIZATION; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 67349167088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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