Importance-performance analysis for public management decision making: An empirical study of China's Macao special administrative region

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-295

  Lai, Linda S L ^a   To, W M ^a  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

Author keywords

Business travel; China; Decision making; Marketing strategy; Public revenue; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949331353     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011022626     Document Type: Article

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