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Small firms in tourism : international perspectives / edited by Rhodri Thomas.

This book provides a varied collection of recent research relating to small businesses in tourism. In doing so it reflects the eclecticism of interest and method associated with this under-researched and under-theorised area of investigation. Topics range from the potential contribution of small fir...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Thomas, Rhodri
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Advances in tourism research series.
Subjects:
Tourism.
Small business.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. International Perspectives on Small Firms in Tourism: A Synthesis
  • Chapter 2. Tourism, Small Firm Development and Empowerment in Post-Apartheid South Africa
  • Chapter 3. Factors Affecting Small Firms in Tourism: A Ghanaian Perspective
  • Chapter 4. Government Assistance for Tourism SMEs: From Theory to Practice
  • Chapter 5. Short-Run Output and Employment Effects Arising from Assistance to Tourism SMEs: Evidence from Israel
  • Chapter 6. Risky Lifestyles? Entrepreneurial Characteristics of the New Zealand Bed and Breakfast Sector
  • Chapter 7. From Lifestyle Consumption to Lifestyle Production: Changing Patterns of Tourism Entrepreneurship
  • Chapter 8. Success and Growth in Rural Tourism Micro-Businesses in Finland: Financial or Life-Style Objectives?
  • Chapter 9. The Interaction of Community and Small Tourism Businesses in Rural New Zealand
  • Chapter 10. Whale Watching
  • The Roles of Small Firms in the Evolution of a New Australian Niche Market
  • Chapter 11. Small Firms and Wine and Food Tourism in New Zealand: Issues of Collaboration, Clusters and Lifestyles
  • Chapter 12. Quality Homes, Quality People: The Challenge of Quality Grading and Assurance in Small Accommodation Enterprises
  • Chapter 13. Overcoming the Green Gap: Improving the Environmental Performance of Small Tourism Firms in Western Australia
  • Chapter 14. Small Firms and the Principles of Sustainable Tourism: The Case of Cycle Tourism
  • Chapter 15. Accommodating the Spiritual Tourist: The Case of Religious Retreat Houses
  • Chapter 16. Small Firm Performance in the Context of Agent and Structure: A Cross-Cultural Comparison in the Tourist Accommodation Sector
  • Chapter 17. Coping with Resource Scarcity: The Experience of UK Tourism SMEs
  • Chapter 18. Strategic and Structural Variables in Internationalisation: The Case of Swiss Tourism SMEs
  • Chapter 19. Small Tourism Firms in e-Europe: Definitional, Conceptual and Contextual Considerations
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • Last Page.

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