Collaboration and cooperation in a tourism destination: A network science approach

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Baggio, Rodolfo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Modularity; Network analysis; Tourism destinations

Indexed keywords

NETWORK ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 79951716987     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2010.531118     Document Type: Article

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