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001 2014021710
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008 141009s2015 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014021710
020 $a9780415840163 (hardback)
020 $z9780203768754 (ebk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aG155.A1$bK59 2015
082 00 $a910.68/4$223
084 $aBUS070080$aBUS083000$aTRV000000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aKnowledge networks and tourism /$cedited by Michelle T. McLeod and Roger Vaughan.
260 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2015.
300 $axiii, 175 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge advances in tourism
520 $a"The receipt of knowledge is a key ingredient by which the tourism sector can adjust and adapt to its dynamic environment. However although its importance has long been recognised the fragmentation within the sector, largely as a result of it being comprised of small and medium sized businesses, makes understanding knowledge management challenging. This book applies knowledge management and social network theories to the business of tourism to shed light on successful operations of tourism knowledge networks. It contributes specifically to understanding a network perspective of the tourism sector, the information needs of tourism businesses, social network dynamics of tourism business operation, knowledge flows within the tourism sector and the transformation of the tourism sector through knowledge networks. Social Network Analysis is applied throughout to fully explore the growth and maintenance of tourism knowledge networks and the relationships between tourism sector stakeholders in relation to their knowledge requirements. Knowledge Networks and Tourism will be valuable reading for all those interested in successful operations of tourism knowledge networks"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / Michelle McLeod and Roger Vaughan -- Tourism-planning network knowledge dynamics / Dianne Dredge -- Social network dynamics and innovation in small tourism companies / Flemming Sørensen and Lars Fuglsang -- Tourism networks, knowledge dynamics and co-creation / Gareth Shaw -- Managing tourism knowledge : concepts and approaches / Chris Cooper -- Socially-based inter-business knowledge sharing : a case study / Michelle McLeod, Roger Vaughan and Jonathan Edwards -- Diffusion of tourism knowledge through stakeholder networks / Noel Scott and Adao Flores -- Knowledge management and diffusion : the network paradigm / Rodolfo Baggio -- Data collection for social network analysis in tourism research / Dimitris Christopoulos and Florian Aubke -- Analyzing inter-business knowledge sharing in the tourism sector / Michelle McLeod -- Conclusion / Michelle McLeod and Roger Vaughan.
650 0 $aTourism$xManagement.
650 0 $aKnowledge management.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service Industries.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Information Management.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTRAVEL / General.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aMcLeod, Michelle T.,$eauthor,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aVaughan, Roger$q(D. Roger)$eauthor,$eeditor of compilation.