Utilizing importance data to identify customer segments for English public sport facilities

Managing Leisure

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 189-206

  Liu, Yi De ^a   Taylor, Peter ^a   Shibli, Simon ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009548502     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606710802200886     Document Type: Article

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