Innovation in the tourism industry: The case of Tourism@

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1204-1213

  Aldebert, Bénédicte ^a   Dang, Rani J ^b   Longhi, Christian ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'études et de recherches appliquées en sciences sociales Équipe de recherche sur les politiques urbaines soutenables   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

ICT; Innovation; Internet; Knowledge bases; Sectoral system of production and innovation; Temporary cluster; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 79955474652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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