Real and virtual relationships in tourism digital ecosystems

Information Technology and Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-19

  Baggio, Rodolfo ^a   Del Chiappa, Giacomo ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital business ecosystem; Network analysis; SMEs; Tourism destinations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898607521     PISSN: 10983058     EISSN: 19434294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40558-013-0001-5     Document Type: Article

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