Entrepreneurial cultures and small business enterprises in tourism

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Tourism

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 120-131

  Shaw, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Knowledge management; Lifestyles; Networks; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021375327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118474648.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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