Knowledge management: The missing link in DMO crisis management?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-354

  Blackman, Deborah ^a   Kennedy, Monica ^a   Ritchie, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning; Crisis; DMO; Knowledge management; Tourism

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955781430     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2010.489637     Document Type: Article

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