The Capacity of Locally Bound Tourism Firms to Respond to Climate Variability and Long-Term Change: Qualitative Case Studies on Organizational Learning in the Austrian Winter Tourism Sector

Tourism Planning and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-86

  Helgenberger, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 84859401767     PISSN: 21568316     EISSN: 21568324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2011.554042     Document Type: Article

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