Social entrepreneurs: innovating rural tourism through the activism of service science

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1225-1244

  Peng, Kang Lin ^a   Lin, Pearl M C ^b  

^a Mingshing University of Science and Technology   (Taiwan)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Rural tourism; Service experience engineering; Service innovation; Service science; Social entrepreneur

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975044513     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCHM-12-2014-0611     Document Type: Article

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