Sustainable development and stakeholder relations management: Exploring sustainability reporting in the hospitality industry from a SD-SRM approach

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-187

  Pérez, Andrea ^a   Rodríguez del Bosque, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hotels; Reporting; Stakeholders; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904871042     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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