Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives/
Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives/ edited by Jovo Ateljevic and Stephen J. Page - Burlington : Elsevier, 2009. - 1 online resource (479 p.)
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Front Cover; Series Page; TOURISM AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Background; Structure of this Book; Part 1 Understanding the Conceptual Basis of Tourism Entrepreneurship; Chapter 2 Tourism Entrepreneurship - Concepts and Issues; Chapter 3 Introduction and Overview to the Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurial Process; Part 2 Creative Use of Entrepreneurship and Processes of Social Innovation; Chapter 4 Sustaining Creative Entrepreneurship: The Role of Innovation Systems. Chapter 5 Women Empowerment Entrepreneurship Nexus in Tourism: Processes of Social InnovationChapter 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; Part 3 Tourism Entrepreneurship Mediating the Global-Local Divide; Chapter 8 Entrepreneurial Crafts and the Tourism Industry; Chapter 9 Tourism Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. Chapter 10 Entrepreneurial Wildlife Exploitation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An OverviewChapter 11 Bridging the Global-Local Divide: Lessonsnbspfrom Indigenous Entrepreneurship onnbspVatulele Island, Fiji; Chapter 12 Building Institutional, Economic and Social Capacities: The Role of NGOs in the Context of Bosnia-Herzegovina & Serbia; Part 4 Sectoral Strategies and Policy Issues fornbspTourism Entrepreneurship; 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 SMTEsChapter 16 Access to Finance: Delivery Structures and the Problems Faced by Micro and Small Tourism Entrepreneurs; Chapter 17 Tourism Distribution: From Structure to Strategy; Chapter 18 Understanding and Influencing the Entrepreneurial Intentions of Tourism Students; Chapter 19 Tourism in Wartime Britain 1914-18: Adaptation, Innovation and the Role of Thomas Cook & Son; REFERENCES and FURTHER READING; INDEX;
Tourism development provides an avenue for overall economic development and a boost for local entrepreneurship activities. As a result, the encouragement of entrepreneurship and sustainable tourism development has emerged as core areas for policy support and donor-assisted funding across both developed and the developing world. 'Tourism and Entrepreneurship:international perspectives' provides an innovative, fresh approach reflecting on the most recent trends in tourism development. The central stage of the book is the role of entrepreneurship in the context of regional/local tourism developm.
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