Hotel management contracts and deficiencies in owner-operator capital expenditure goal congruency

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-511

  Turner, Michael J ^a   Guilding, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capital expenditure; hotel management contract; residual income; return on investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958011700     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348010370855     Document Type: Article

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