The environment and competitive strategies in hotels in Andalusia

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1835-1843

  Sánchez Ollero, José Luis ^a   García Pozo, Alejandro ^a   Marchante Lara, Macarena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive strategies; Environment; Hospitality; Productivity; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855461762     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2011.247     Document Type: Article

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