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spellingShingle Beritelli, Pietro, Strobl, Andreas, Peters, Mike, Tourism Review, Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Geography, Planning and Development
title Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
title_full Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
title_fullStr Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
title_full_unstemmed Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
title_short Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
title_sort interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
title_unstemmed Interlocking directorships against community closure: a trade‐off for development in tourist destinations
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