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Profitability Measurement of United Kingdom Theme Parks: An Aggregate Approach

YI-DE LIU Leisure Industries Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, A118, Collegiate Hall, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 367-372 | Received 17 Sep 2007, Accepted 01 Oct 2007, Published online: 01 Aug 2011

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