Factors influencing entry mode choices: Empirical findings from an international hotel organisation

Journal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 5-28

  Altinay, Levent ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entry modes; International expansion; Shareholders; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956623266     PISSN: 10507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J150v12n03_02     Document Type: Article

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