Knowledge transfer in smart tourism destinations: Analyzing the effects of a network structure

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 145-150

  Del Chiappa, Giacomo ^a   Baggio, Rodolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital business ecosystems; Epidemic diffusion models; Knowledge transfer; Network analysis; Smart tourism destinations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960268644     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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