An inward look using backward economic linkages in a developing country: The case of Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-260

  Semrad, Kelly J ^a   Villanueva, Jorge Bartels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Developing country; Economic linkages; Game theory; Non cooperative market; Tourism supply chain; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900866352     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/WHATT-03-2014-0009     Document Type: Article

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