Tourism Firms' Strategic Flexibility: The Case of Slovenia

International Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 377-387

  Dwyer, Larry Michael ^a,b   Cvelbar, Ljubica Knežević ^b   Edwards, Deborah J ^c   Mihalič, Tanja A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Destination competitiveness; Slovenia; Strategic flexibility; Tourism management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84903750949     PISSN: 10992340     EISSN: 15221970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jtr.1931     Document Type: Article

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