Small firms in tourism : international perspectives / edited by Rhodri Thomas
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- 3094029
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- 1st ed.
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- Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2004
- viii, 325 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0080441327
- Series:
- Advances in tourism research series.
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- Machine derived contents note: Contributors vii
- Preface ix
- 1. International Perspectives on Small Firms in Tourism: A Synthesis 1
- Rhodri Thomas
- 2. Tourism, Small Firm Development and Empowerment in Post-Apartheid
- South Africa 13
- Christian M. Rogerson
- 3. Factors Affecting Small Firms in Tourism: A Ghanaian Perspective 35
- William C. Gartner
- 4. Government Assistance for Tourism SMEs: From Theory to Practice 53
- Stephen Wanhill
- 5. Short-Run Output and Employment Effects Arising from Assistance to
- Tourism SMEs: Evidence from Israel 71
- Aliza Fleischer and Daniel Felsenstein
- 6. Risky Lifestyles? Entrepreneurial Characteristics of the New Zealand
- Bed and Breakfast Sector 83
- C. Michael Hall and Kristy Rusher
- 7. From Lifestyle Consumption to Lifestyle Production: Changing Patterns of
- Tourism Entrepreneurship 99
- Gareth Shaw and Allan M. Williams
- 8. Success and Growth in Rural Tourism Micro-Businesses in Finland:
- Financial or Life-Style Objectives? 115
- Raija Komppula
- 9. The Interaction of Community and Small Tourism Businesses in Rural
- New Zealand 139
- Donna Keen
- 10. Whale Watching - The Roles of Small Finns in the Evolution of a
- New Australian Niche Market 153
- Noel Scott and Eric Laws
- 11. Small Firms and Wine and Food Tourism in New Zealand: Issues of
- Collaboration, Clusters and Lifestyles 167
- C. Michael Hall
- 12. Quality Homes, Quality People: The Challenge of Quality Grading and
- Assurance in Small Accommodation Enterprises 183
- Paul A. Lynch and Hazel Tucker
- 13. Overcoming the Green Gap: Improving the Environmental Performance of
- Small Tourism Firms in Western Australia 197
- Michael Schaper and Jack Carlsen
- 14. Small Firms and the Principles of Sustainable Tourism: The Case of
- Cycle Tourism 215
- Nigel D. Morpeth
- 15. Accommodating the Spiritual Tourist: The Case of Religious Retreat Houses 225
- Myra Shackley
- 16. Small Firm Performance in the Context of Agent and Structure:
- A Cross-Cultural Comparison in the Tourist Accommodation Sector 239
- Alison Morrison and Rivanda Meira Teixeira
- 17. Coping with Resource Scarcity: The Experience of UK Tourism SMEs 257
- Marcjanna M. Augustyn
- 18. Strategic and Structural Variables in Interationalisation: The Case of Swiss
- Tourism SMEs 277
- Andrew Mungall and Colin Johnson
- 19. Small Tourism Firms in e-Europe: Definitional, Conceptual and Contextual
- Considerations 297
- Harry Matlay
- Author Index 313
- Subject Index 321.
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references.
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