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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780203503321

Autore

W?ober Karl W

Titolo

Benchmarking in tourism and hospitality industries [[electronic resource] ] : the selection of benchmarking partners / / Karl W. W?ober

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, U.K., : CABI Pub., c2002

ISBN

1-280-82964-8

9786610829644

0-85199-756-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/791/068

Soggetti

Benchmarking (Management)

Hospitality industry - Management

Tourism - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-256).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Benchmarking Studies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries; Chapter 3 Measuring Business Performance; Chapter 4 Methods for Estimating the Production Function; Chapter 5 The Austrian Hotel and Restaurant Panel; Chapter 6 A Mixture Regression Model; Chapter 7 Data Envelopment Analysis; Chapter 8 Evolutionary Data Envelopment Analysis; Chapter 9 Perspectives of Benchmarking Decision Support Systems in Tourism and Hospitality Management; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Benchmarking is a buzzword of the 1990's that desribes a method for comparing different companies, by measuring various data, performance and goals. This book focuses on the methodological aspects of the right selection of benchmarking partners.