Power asymmetries in tourism distribution networks

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 755-779

  Ford, Robert C ^a   Wang, Youcheng ^a,b   Vestal, Alex ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meetings; Power asymmetries; Tourism distribution networks

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84859959680     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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