Introducing Web technology in a small peripheral hospitality organization

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 241-250

  Anckar, Bill ^a   Walden, Pirkko ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hotels; Internet; Online transaction processing; Reservation systems; Small to medium sized enterprises; Soft systems methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014763     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110110395938     Document Type: Article

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