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Entrepreneurship in hospitality and tourism : a global perspective /

Contributor(s): Brookes, Maureen | Altinay, Levent.
Publisher: Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers Limited, 2015Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781910158289; 9781910158289:; 1910158283.Subject(s): Tourism -- Management | Hospitality industry -- Management | EntrepreneurshipDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Introduction -- Theme 1 : theoretical perspectives on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. 1 : entrepreneurial traits / Phlip Goulding. Case study : the Gheisa Group / Andreea Apetrei and Juan Bolufer. 2 : entrepreneurship as a process / Maureen Brooks. 2 : culture and entrepreneurship -- Theme 2 : types on entrepreneurship. 4 : social entrepreneurship and social value co-creation / Marianna Sigala. 5 : hotel middle managers and corporate entrepreneurship. Case study : corporate entrepreneurship through a centralised organisational structure? / Levent Altinay. 6 : ethinic minority entrepreneurship / Anna Farmaki and Levent Altinay. 7 : franchising and entrpreneurship / Maureen Brookes. 8 : social franchising / E. Hachemi Aliouche and Udo Schlentrich -- Theme 3 : the growth of entrepreneurship. 9 : nurturing small and mdeium-sized enterprises in Europe / Mark Camilleri. 10 : tourism entrepreneurship and the scoial capital / Victoria Waligo. 11 : entrepreneurship and networking processes / Antonella Capriello. 12 : responding to diasters : strategies for tourism and hospitality entrepreneurs / Gabrielle Walters -- Concluding rermarks / Levent Altinay and Maureen Brookes -- Index.
Summary: This volume gives a definitive overview of the vital role and effective practice of entrepreneurship in one of the most dynamic industry sectors in the world. The editors clearly outline the key theoretical perspectives and go on to cover various types of entrepreneurship. Fully informed by the latest research, it incorporates: different country contexts; the social and cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship; case studies from a wide range of hospitality and tourism sectors; and industry perspectives and examples.
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Includes bibliographic references and index.

Introduction -- Theme 1 : theoretical perspectives on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship. 1 : entrepreneurial traits / Phlip Goulding. Case study : the Gheisa Group / Andreea Apetrei and Juan Bolufer. 2 : entrepreneurship as a process / Maureen Brooks. 2 : culture and entrepreneurship -- Theme 2 : types on entrepreneurship. 4 : social entrepreneurship and social value co-creation / Marianna Sigala. 5 : hotel middle managers and corporate entrepreneurship. Case study : corporate entrepreneurship through a centralised organisational structure? / Levent Altinay. 6 : ethinic minority entrepreneurship / Anna Farmaki and Levent Altinay. 7 : franchising and entrpreneurship / Maureen Brookes. 8 : social franchising / E. Hachemi Aliouche and Udo Schlentrich -- Theme 3 : the growth of entrepreneurship. 9 : nurturing small and mdeium-sized enterprises in Europe / Mark Camilleri. 10 : tourism entrepreneurship and the scoial capital / Victoria Waligo. 11 : entrepreneurship and networking processes / Antonella Capriello. 12 : responding to diasters : strategies for tourism and hospitality entrepreneurs / Gabrielle Walters -- Concluding rermarks / Levent Altinay and Maureen Brookes -- Index.

This volume gives a definitive overview of the vital role and effective practice of entrepreneurship in one of the most dynamic industry sectors in the world. The editors clearly outline the key theoretical perspectives and go on to cover various types of entrepreneurship. Fully informed by the latest research, it incorporates: different country contexts; the social and cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship; case studies from a wide range of hospitality and tourism sectors; and industry perspectives and examples.

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