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Tourism can take many different forms and types but increasingly it
is viewed as one of the most innovative industries. This book
showcases the innovations in tourism through a creativity,
sustainability and technology perspective. Tourism Innovation:
Technology, Sustainability and Creativity addresses the growing use
and importance of tourism innovation in society. Readers of this
book will gain a global perspective on how the tourism industry is
changing and taking advantage of emerging technologies, which will
help them to foresee potential changes in the industry and plan for
the future. Tourism innovation is defi ned as innovating in a
cost-effi cient manner by taking into account the available
resources. Most of the focus on tourism innovation has been on
developing countries but it is also used by companies in other
locations. This book explores the way in which tourism innovation
differs from other types of innovation and offers a creative
solution to issues about sustainability and the circular economy.
In this vein, it includes chapters addressing issues related to the
following but not limited subjects: co-creation in innovation,
social issues in innovation, leadership and innovation, forms of
innovation, government innovation and innovation research. This
book is suitable for tourism industry professionals, researchers
and policy experts who are interested in how innovation is embedded
in the tourism industry.
Increased interest in handicrafts has led to more people becoming
artisans both as a hobby and a business activity, making Artisan
Entrepreneurship a growing phenomenon. This has been particularly
relevant during the COVID-19 crisis in which individuals and
communities began engaging with more bespoke crafting at home. This
book focuses on these practices from different perspectives
including the art, cultural and social sectors, thereby
highlighting the emerging new types of artisan activity that
preserve cultural elements while incorporating emerging
technologies like social media. This volume analyses artisan
entrepreneurship using different approaches including at an
individual, group and societal point of view providing a better
understanding about how these handicraft workers contribute to
societal wellbeing and aid cultural heritage preservation for
future generations. Each chapter of this book looks at these
practices in a different way, enabling the practical and
theoretical significance of artisan entrepreneurship to emerge and
presenting a holistic understanding of artisan entrepreneurship in
different contextual settings. Artisan Entrepreneurship provides a
unique way in which to understand an important type of enterprise
that has been neglected but recently had a resurgence. This book
provides a fundamental contribution to the field of artisan
entrepreneurship.
Tourism is one of the sectors that have undergone substantial
change for several decades and in particular due to the
restrictions and change in national and international policies
since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book focuses on
how tourism has been innovative, especially in light of these
changes, by providing new and novel ways of introducing change into
the marketplace. The book focuses on Spain and Portugal, thereby
offering an interesting perspective as to how the Iberian Peninsula
has adapted based on the new market conditions. This book is the
first to focus specifically on these countries and offers an
economic geography perspective on tourism innovation. This will
provide useful and practical information about how a region has
hurt but also thrived in times of global turmoil.
Tourism can take many different forms and types but increasingly it
is viewed as one of the most innovative industries. This book
showcases the innovations in tourism through a creativity,
sustainability and technology perspective. Tourism Innovation:
Technology, Sustainability and Creativity addresses the growing use
and importance of tourism innovation in society. Readers of this
book will gain a global perspective on how the tourism industry is
changing and taking advantage of emerging technologies, which will
help them to foresee potential changes in the industry and plan for
the future. Tourism innovation is defi ned as innovating in a
cost-effi cient manner by taking into account the available
resources. Most of the focus on tourism innovation has been on
developing countries but it is also used by companies in other
locations. This book explores the way in which tourism innovation
differs from other types of innovation and offers a creative
solution to issues about sustainability and the circular economy.
In this vein, it includes chapters addressing issues related to the
following but not limited subjects: co-creation in innovation,
social issues in innovation, leadership and innovation, forms of
innovation, government innovation and innovation research. This
book is suitable for tourism industry professionals, researchers
and policy experts who are interested in how innovation is embedded
in the tourism industry.
This book focuses on the role of subsistence entrepreneurs in
creating social and sustainable business opportunities on the
global marketplace. Subsistence entrepreneurs use scarce resources
to create new business opportunities, often in developing or
emerging economies. In addition, subsistence entrepreneurship is
increasingly being used as a way to facilitate market entry for
small and medium-sized business enterprises that focus on
collaborative innovation. The interdisciplinary contributions
gathered here will expand readers' understanding of the nature and
characteristics of subsistence entrepreneurs, as well as the
challenges they face. The central connection between subsistence,
sustainability and social entrepreneurship is also explored.
Sustainable entrepreneurship focuses on how the environment is
embedded within business practices. This book examines
collaboration strategies and initiatives for sustainable
entrepreneurs with a wide variety of partners, and demonstrates how
they can be used to increase overall performance and achieve global
competitiveness. Based on the latest empirical evidence from
emerging economies, the book's respective chapters address
sustainability issues in connection with knowledge creation and
learning, outsourcing, and the roles of universities, consultants,
and the public sector.
This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of
cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a
topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics,
business strategists and government officials. To date the
collaborations have focused on the performance management process
and more specifically on how to encourage collaboration. However,
businesses across the world are realizing that for cross-sector
collaboration to be successful, it is necessary for firms to share
knowledge and innovation through a process of learning. The book
contributes to this by providing fresh insights into ways to
stimulate cross-sector collaboration. It presents diverse methods
and approaches to unify the dimensions of knowledge, learning and
innovation and discusses how collaboration can be created,
sustained, and expanded.
This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of
cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a
topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics,
business strategists and government officials. To date the
collaborations have focused on the performance management process
and more specifically on how to encourage collaboration. However,
businesses across the world are realizing that for cross-sector
collaboration to be successful, it is necessary for firms to share
knowledge and innovation through a process of learning. The book
contributes to this by providing fresh insights into ways to
stimulate cross-sector collaboration. It presents diverse methods
and approaches to unify the dimensions of knowledge, learning and
innovation and discusses how collaboration can be created,
sustained, and expanded.
This edited book explores how stakeholders play a key part in any
entrepreneurial endeavour because of their investment in the
outcome. This book highlights that it is important to understand
the reason and rationale for stakeholder engagement in
entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this book showcases how there are
different kinds of stakeholders from businesses directly linked to
an entity to others that have a more policy influence on the
industry segment. This book demonstrates that it is useful to
understand to what extent stakeholders influence entrepreneurial
decision making. This book states that most stakeholders tend to
take an indirect role in the governance of a business in terms of
what strategic decisions are made. This can change in times of
crisis or change depending on the nature of the relationship. This
book makes the case that stakeholders can take positive action in
the form of advice or help. This book asserts that stakeholders who
have an ongoing direct role are likely to invest more time and
effort in an entrepreneurial endeavour. This book uncovers that it
is important to re-evaluate on a continual basis whether the
relationship is working and what needs to be done in order to
increase efficiency. This edited book focuses on the role of
stakeholders in an entrepreneurial context thereby being amongst
the first research books to place specific attention on stakeholder
management through public and private partnerships.
This book covers all aspects of the economics and management of
geotourism, an increasingly important sector of nature tourism that
focuses on the geology and landscape of different territories,
providing a pleasurable and educational tourist experience.
Geotourism is a sustainable form of tourism that has the potential
to deliver significant benefits to host communities. To date,
however, geotourism has been examined primarily from the natural
sciences perspective, to the detriment of issues related to local
social and economic impacts, inter-organizational collaboration,
tourist responses, and community participation. This book therefore
fills a major gap in the literature. While a key focus is the
impacts of geotourism on economic and social development processes
and the quality of life of local populations, detailed attention is
also devoted to topics such as geopark and geosystem management,
innovative and entrepreneurial strategies in geotourism, and
territorial marketing. In addition, readers will gain a clear
understanding of the extent to which the opportunities and
challenges facing geotourism reflect current trends in the tourist
industry as a whole.
Tourism is one of the sectors that have undergone substantial
change for several decades and in particular due to the
restrictions and change in national and international policies
since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book focuses on
how tourism has been innovative, especially in light of these
changes, by providing new and novel ways of introducing change into
the marketplace. The book focuses on Spain and Portugal, thereby
offering an interesting perspective as to how the Iberian Peninsula
has adapted based on the new market conditions. This book is the
first to focus specifically on these countries and offers an
economic geography perspective on tourism innovation. This will
provide useful and practical information about how a region has
hurt but also thrived in times of global turmoil.
Brazil is a large country in terms of geographic land mass and
population size. It's position in Latin America means that it
contributes to much of the economic development within this area.
Despite the importance of Brazil in the global economy, not much
research has been highlighted about entrepreneurship in the
country. This book aims to change this by focusing on Brazil in
terms of entrepreneurial endeavours and pursuits. This includes
focusing on the rural and urban areas in terms of entrepreneurial
practices. Each chapter in the book will focus on a different
aspect of entrepreneurship in Brazil including how culture,
ethnicity and wealth influence entrepreneurship. Thereby taking a
holistic perspective in terms of including both financial and
non-financial forms of entrepreneurship. Interesting topics such as
sustainable and environmental forms of entrepreneurship will be
examined from a Brazilian perspective together with technological
forms of entrepreneurship evident in the growth of smart cities
within the region. This book will be amongst the first to
holistically examine the contemporary hardships and successes of
entrepreneurship in Brazil.
This contributed volume introduces the innovative landscapes and
business models used in tourism entrepreneurship initiatives of
Portugal and Spain. It provides benchmarks for entrepreneurial
initiatives covering tourism services, place-branded tourism,
social networks, spiritual tourism, cross-border tourism
initiatives, and tourism in low-density regions. It also provides
guidelines for future strategic actions to foster rural and
sustainable development in alternative tourism destinations,
following the Iberian experience.
This book covers all aspects of the economics and management of
geotourism, an increasingly important sector of nature tourism that
focuses on the geology and landscape of different territories,
providing a pleasurable and educational tourist experience.
Geotourism is a sustainable form of tourism that has the potential
to deliver significant benefits to host communities. To date,
however, geotourism has been examined primarily from the natural
sciences perspective, to the detriment of issues related to local
social and economic impacts, inter-organizational collaboration,
tourist responses, and community participation. This book therefore
fills a major gap in the literature. While a key focus is the
impacts of geotourism on economic and social development processes
and the quality of life of local populations, detailed attention is
also devoted to topics such as geopark and geosystem management,
innovative and entrepreneurial strategies in geotourism, and
territorial marketing. In addition, readers will gain a clear
understanding of the extent to which the opportunities and
challenges facing geotourism reflect current trends in the tourist
industry as a whole.
This edited book explores how stakeholders play a key part in any
entrepreneurial endeavour because of their investment in the
outcome. This book highlights that it is important to understand
the reason and rationale for stakeholder engagement in
entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this book showcases how there are
different kinds of stakeholders from businesses directly linked to
an entity to others that have a more policy influence on the
industry segment. This book demonstrates that it is useful to
understand to what extent stakeholders influence entrepreneurial
decision making. This book states that most stakeholders tend to
take an indirect role in the governance of a business in terms of
what strategic decisions are made. This can change in times of
crisis or change depending on the nature of the relationship. This
book makes the case that stakeholders can take positive action in
the form of advice or help. This book asserts that stakeholders who
have an ongoing direct role are likely to invest more time and
effort in an entrepreneurial endeavour. This book uncovers that it
is important to re-evaluate on a continual basis whether the
relationship is working and what needs to be done in order to
increase efficiency. This edited book focuses on the role of
stakeholders in an entrepreneurial context thereby being amongst
the first research books to place specific attention on stakeholder
management through public and private partnerships.
Sustainable entrepreneurship focuses on how the environment is
embedded within business practices. This book examines
collaboration strategies and initiatives for sustainable
entrepreneurs with a wide variety of partners, and demonstrates how
they can be used to increase overall performance and achieve global
competitiveness. Based on the latest empirical evidence from
emerging economies, the book's respective chapters address
sustainability issues in connection with knowledge creation and
learning, outsourcing, and the roles of universities, consultants,
and the public sector.
Latin American and Iberian entrepreneurship represents a special
kind of innovation, risk-taking, and futuristic business activity
based on a common cultural heritage. There has been an increased
interest in entrepreneurship related to specific cultural groups,
and this edited book will be among the first to provide a Latin
American and Iberian perspective to the study of entrepreneurship,
thereby acknowledging the role of the Spanish and Portuguese
diaspora and language on the global economy. Each chapter will
focus on a different aspect of entrepreneurship related to
countries within Latin America and Iberia. By combining both
geographical groups, the authors aim to provide a better
understanding of how Latin culture permeates entrepreneurial
business activities.
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