Competitiveness in the Tourism Sector: A comprehensive approach from economic and management points

Contributions to Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-143

  Hong, Wei Chiang ^a  

^a ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMY OF SCALE; GLOBALIZATION; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 77950482327     PISSN: 14311933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2042-3_1     Document Type: Article

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