Festival management innovation and failure

International Journal of Event and Festival Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-131

  Carlsen, Jack ^a   Andersson, Tommy D ^b   Ali Knight, Jane ^c   Jaeger, Kari ^d   Taylor, Ruth ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Festivals; Innovation; Management failures; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959535094     PISSN: 17582954     EISSN: 17582962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17852951011056900     Document Type: Article

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