Entrepreneurial Cultures and Small Business Enterprises in Tourism

A Companion to Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 122-134

  Shaw, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business enterprises; Entrepreneurial cultures; Organizations; Tourism; Transnational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883487365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470752272.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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