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Relationship between Quality and Performance: Tourism Companies in the Czech Republic

Review of Economic Perspectives
Volume 11 (2011): Issue 4 (December 2011)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10135-011-0013-z | Journal eISSN: 1804-1663 | Journal ISSN: 1213-2446
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Language: English
Page range: 195 - 222
Published on: Jan 13, 2012
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
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Keywords:
competitiveness,
quality,
financial analysis
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures

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