Intellectual Capital and Business Performance: What Structural Relationships Do They Have in Upper-Upscale Hotels?

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-408

  Kim, Taegoo Terry ^a   Kim, Woo Gon ^b   Park, Simon Si Sa ^c   Lee, Gyehee ^a   Jee, Bonggu ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business performance; Hotel industry; Intellectual capital; Knowledge based economy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 84862799784     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1868     Document Type: Article

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