Social capital and tourism entrepreneurship

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1570-1593

  Zhao, Weibing ^a   Ritchie, J R Brent ^b   Echtner, Charlotte M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM STUDIES   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business incubation; China; Developing countries; Entrepreneurship; Social capital

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENTREPRENEUR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 80054710791     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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