Social entrepreneurship in tourism: applying sustainable livelihoods approaches

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1076-1093

  Laeis, Gabriel C M ^a   Lemke, Stefanie ^b  

^a IU University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospitality management; Participatory action research; Rural development; Social entrepreneurship; Sustainable livelihoods; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975041781     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-05-2014-0235     Document Type: Article

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