Unintentional coopetition in the service industries: The case of Pyhä-Luosto tourism destination in the Finnish Lapland

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Kylänen, Mika ^a   Rusko, Rauno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coopetition; Coopetition network; Lapland; Management practices; Public private partnership; Service industries; Socio cultural dynamics; Tourism destination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955725100     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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