Using environmental scanning for business expansion into China and Eastern Europe: The case of transnational hotel companies

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 257-263

  wu, Adam ^a   Costa, Jorge ^b   Teare, Richard ^c  

^a World Travel Guide On line ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986100081     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596119810240843     Document Type: Article

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