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International Perspectives
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Edited By
Stephen Page, Stephen J. Page is Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley Chair in Tourism at Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK. (London Metropolitan University from 1 January 2010)
Jovo Ateljevic, Jovo Ateljevic is Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK
Description
Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives provides an innovative, interdisciplinary approach.
This book takes as its
central theme the role of entrepreneurship in the context of regional, local and national tourism development. By engaging with top academics
in both tourism and entrepreneurship this book delivers a cohesive, interdisciplinary examination of the most recent developments in
both tourism and entrepreneurship.
Several key themes are explored and articulated through the following concepts and issues:
tourism, innovation and entrepreneurship; the role and nature of individual and collective entrepreneurship in different contexts; the
role of tourism in responding to development opportunities created by global forces; and finally, issues associated with tourism strategies
and policies.
Divided into four parts, the book reflects on the most relevant areas of tourism entrepreneurship:
* Understanding
the conceptual basis of tourism entrepreneurship;
* Creative use of entrepreneurship and processes of social innovation;
* Tourism
entrepreneurship mediating the global-local divide; and
* Sectoral strategies and policy issues of tourism entrepreneurship.
Tourism
and Entrepreneurship: International Perspective:
* Explains the impact of tourism entrepreneurship on places and overall regional
and destination development
* Examines the role of the public sector in facilitating the need for sustainable tourism development
* Examines the effects and implications of funding schemes and support programmes
* Takes the owner, manager and entrepreneur
as the starting point of analysis to explore specific issues;
* Allows practitioners and policy-makers to explore practical applications
and best practice of theory through a diverse range of international case studies
* Contributed to by an international team of leading
scholars in tourism and entrepreneurship.
This book is a unique combination of theory, case studies and discussion highlighting
the importance of entrepreneurial tourism activity for economic success. It is essential reading for students and researchers in both
tourism and entrepreneurship.
Audience
Upper level undergraduate and postgraduate level students in tourism and related disciplines, including entrepreneurship studies, business
studies and marketing. Entrepreneurial studies is an optional course at third year ug level on tourism degrees.
UK figures from UCAS
state:
1007 tourism courses
246 entrepreneurship courses
4891 business courses
1473 marketing courses
The book will have a secondary
market with practitioners working within tourism, leisure, recreation, environmental management, cultural services, and attractions.
There are also an increasing number of NGOs and consulting agencies (e.g. CARE International, USAID, Global Vision) engaged in local
/ regional tourism developments in a number of countries.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Tourism entrepreneurship - concepts and issues; Chapter 3: Introduction and overview to the entrepreneur
and entrepreneurial process; Chapter 4: Sustaining creative entrepreneurship in tourism - the role of innovation systems; Chapter 5:
Women Empowerment Entrepreneurship Nexus in Tourism: Processes of Social Innovation; Chapter 6: Entrepreneurs, Institutions and Institutional
Entrepreneurship: New Light through Old Windows?; Chapter 7: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism: Public Sector Experiences
of Innovation Activity in Tourism in Scandinavia and Scotland; Chapter 8: Entrepreneurial Crafts and the Tourism Industry; Chapter 9:
Tourism Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Example from New Zealand; Chapter 10: Entrepreneurial wildlife exploitation in sub-Saharan
Africa: an overview; Chapter 11: Bridging the Global-Local Divide: Lessons from Indigenous Entrepreneurship on Vatulele Island, Fiji;
Chapter 12: Building Institutional, Economic and Social Capacities; The Role of NGOs in the Context of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia;
Chapter 13: The Public Policy Context of Tourism Entrepreneurship; Chapter 14: A Multi-stakeholder Approach to tourism development; Chapter
15: Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Entrepreneurship and SMTEs; Chapter 16: Access to Finance: Delivery structures and
the Problems faced by Micro & Small Tourism Entrepreneurs; Chapter 17: Tourism Distribution: from structure to strategy
Douglas G. Pearce; Chapter 18: Understanding and influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of tourism students; Chapter 19: Tourism
in Wartime Britain 1914-1918: Adaptation, Innovation and the Role of Thomas Cook & Sons
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Paperback, 480 pages, publication date: MAY-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8635-8
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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