Intellectual capital and its impact on business performance: Evidences from the Jordanian hotel industry

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-100

  Zeglat, Dia ^a   Zigan, Krystin ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business performance; hotel industry; Intellectual capital; Jordan; service sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933034097     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358413519468     Document Type: Article

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