Structural social capital and hotel performance: Is there a link?

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-110

  Sainaghi, Ruggero ^a   Baggio, Rodolfo ^b  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Location; Occupancy; Performance; Seasonality; Structural social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888777532     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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