Exploring the transformation of tourism firms' operations and business models through the use of web map services

Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sigala, Marianna ^a   Marinidis, Dimosthenis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business models; GIS; Mapping services; Operations; Tourism; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; MAPPING SERVICE; OPERATIONS; TOURISM; WEB 2.0;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 84857712010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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