Managing service subsidiaries through an innovation perspective: A case of standard interpretation in multinational hotels

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-558

  Sutthijakra, Sawitree ^a  

^a South East Asia University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Innovations; Multinational hotels; Services; Standard operating procedures

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951696858     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2010.504824     Document Type: Article

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