Effect of customer orientation and entrepreneurial orientation on innovativeness: Evidence from the hotel industry in Switzerland

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-231

  Tajeddini, Kayhan ^a  

^a Les Roches Gruye're University of Applied Sciences Les Roches International School of Hotel Management   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Customer orientation; Entrepreneurship; Hotel industry; Innovativeness; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 70549094148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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