Tourism supply-chain coordination: The cooperation between tourism hotel and tour operator

Tourism Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1361-1376

  Guo, Xiaolong ^a   He, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Hotel industry; Pricing strategy; Stackelberg game; Supply chain coordination; Tourism supply chain

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAME THEORY; MODEL TEST; PRICING POLICY; SERVICE SECTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871656270     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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