Interlocking directorships against community closure: A trade-off for development in tourist destinations

Tourism Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-34

  Beritelli, Pietro ^a   Strobl, Andreas ^b   Peters, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c MANAGEMENT CENTER INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Governance; Interlocking directorships; Rural areas; Social capital; Social network analysis; Switzerland; Tourism destinations; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890417624     PISSN: 16605373     EISSN: 17598451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/16605371311310057     Document Type: Article

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