Performance measurement in tourism firms: A content analytical meta-approach

Tourism Management

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 36-56

  Sainaghi, Ruggero ^a   Phillips, Paul ^b   Zavarrone, Emma ^a  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided text analysis (CATA); Content analysis; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 84982129822     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.07.002     Document Type: Review

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