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245 00 $aSmall firms in tourism :$binternational perspectives /$cedited by Rhodri Thomas.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAmsterdam ;$aBoston :$bElsevier,$c2004.
300 $a1 online resource (viii, 325 pages)
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490 1 $aAdvances in tourism research
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
588 0 $aPrint version record.
505 0 $aCover -- 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.
520 $aThis 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 firms to achieving social or economic goals to understanding more about business performance and growth. As is common in tourism research, disciplinary boundaries are routinely transgressed in the interests of gaining greater illumination. Insights from a variety of countries are offered, sometimes as a result of trans-national collaboration initiated specifically for this book. Shows the eclecticism of interest and method associated with this under-researched and under-theorised area.
650 0 $aTourism.
650 0 $aSmall business.
650 6 $aTourisme.
650 6 $aPetites et moyennes entreprises.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS$xIndustries$xHospitality, Travel & Tourism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSmall business.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01121223
650 7 $aTourism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01153142
655 4 $aElectronic books.
700 1 $aThomas, Rhodri.
776 08 $iPrint version:$tSmall firms in tourism.$b1st ed.$dAmsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004$z0080441327$w(DLC) 2003064328$w(OCoLC)53831627
830 0 $aAdvances in tourism research series.
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