An examination of factors motivating hotel outsourcing

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 963-973

  Lamminmaki, Dawne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Hotel outsourcing; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958790874     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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