Lean thinking in the European hotel industry

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 354-363

  Vlachos, Ilias ^a   Bogdanovic, Aleksandra ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Hotel industry; Lean thinking; Value stream mapping tools

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MAPPING; SERVICE SECTOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 85027919243     PISSN: 02615177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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