The globalisation of the hotel industry and the variety of emerging capitalisms in Central and Eastern Europe

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 267-288

  Niewiadomski, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); global production networks (GPNs); post communist transformations; the alternative approach; the international hotel industry

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC THEORY; GLOBALIZATION; HOTEL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; POST-COMMUNISM; SERVICE SECTOR; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; ESTONIA; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

LACUNA;

EID: 84978473150     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776413502658     Document Type: Article

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