Investigating e-business practices in tourism: A comparative analysis of three countries

Tourismos

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 179-198

  Vlachos, Ilias P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; E business; Tourism sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889685835     PISSN: 17908418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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