Eco-innovation antecedents in cultural tourism clusters: External relationships and explorative knowledge

Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-57

  Martínez Pérez, ángela ^a   García Villaverde, Pedro M ^a   Elche, Dioni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bridging capital; Cultural tourism clusters; Eco innovation; Knowledge exploration; Mediating effect; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928597526     PISSN: 14479338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2015.1011058     Document Type: Article

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