The Hotel Bauen's challenge to cannibalizing capitalism

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 620-640

  Higgins Desbiolles, Freya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative management practices; Alternatives to capitalism; Critical tourism; Tourism as work; Worker run recuperated enterprises

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CULTURAL RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SERVICE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84860003443     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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