Importance and measurement of entrepreneurial quality and processes in tourism

Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-90

  Brunner Sperdin, Alexandra ^a   Peters, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognition; Entrepreneurial behavior; Entrepreneurial process; Experiments; Tourism entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952885120     PISSN: 1528008X     EISSN: 15280098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J162v05n01_06     Document Type: Article

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