Critical external factors behind hotels' investments in innovation and technology in emerging urban destinations

Tourism Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-357

  Ignacio, Juan ^a   Fernández, Pulido ^a   Cala, Antonia Sáez ^b   Domecq, Cristina Figueroa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical external factors; Hospitality sector; ICT; Innovation impacts; PESTEL model; Porter's five forces model

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 79954501254     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2011.0033     Document Type: Article

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