Modelling growth and revenue for Swedish hotel establishments

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Falk, Martin ^a   Hagsten, Eva ^b  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

^b STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

D22; Establishments; Firm growth; Hotel industry; Hotel prices; L11; Local competition; Sweden; Urban hotels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919933808     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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