Business performance of small tourism enterprises: A comparison among three sub-sectors of the industry

Anatolia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-195

  Akbaba, Atilla ^a  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Performance; Small tourism businesses; Sub sectors

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TOURISM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84868108862     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2012.662907     Document Type: Article

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