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Original Articles

Knowledge sharing between academic researchers and tourism practitioners: a Japanese study of the practical value of embeddedness, trust and co-creation

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Pages 1456-1473 | Received 19 Apr 2016, Accepted 24 Jan 2017, Published online: 23 Mar 2017

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