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Introduction About Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurship $129.41 Entrepreneurship: Launching New Ventures, 3e, introduces readers to the process of entrepreneurial success and shows them how to be effective every step of the way. Introduction to Entrepreneurship; Recognizing Opportunities and Generating Ideas; Feasibi |
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Profiles in Entrepreneurship $38.04 Profiles in Entrepreneurship showcases success through the experiences of 29 highly successful entrepreneurs in their own words. Learn about topics like opportunity recognition, risk assessment, leadership, and how to compensate for limited resources from |
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Entrepreneurship: An International Introduction $58.45 No Synopsis Available |
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Introduction Entrepreneurship : Text and Readings $37.44 No Synopsis Available |
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Public Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship $110.51 The contribution of this book is to join in the same volume a set of theoretical visions and empirical assessments by leading scholars about public policies towards entrepreneurship in Europe and how to rethink them. The book is divided in two parts: Part |
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Small Business Management: Entrepreneurship and Beyond $176.17 Small Business Management provides a balanced introduction to both entrepreneurship and small business management with a focus on achieving and maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage as a small organization. Current issues including global opport |
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development: An Introduction $53.58 No Synopsis Available |
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship $21.96 Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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Entrepreneurship in Context $93.33 Entrepreneurship in Context |
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Technology Entrepreneurship $73.13 Technology Entrepreneurship |
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Entrepreneurship & Innovation $33.56 Entrepreneurship & Innovation |
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Entrepreneurship Marketing $52.23 Entrepreneurship Marketing |
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Zen Entrepreneurship $16.41 Zen Entrepreneurship |
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Islamic Entrepreneurship $123.2 Islamic Entrepreneurship |
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Effectual Entrepreneurship $119.47 Effectual Entrepreneurship |
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Social Entrepreneurship $67.2 Social Entrepreneurship |
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Organizing Entrepreneurship $47 Organizing Entrepreneurship |
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The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce, With an Introduction for Parents $6.49 The Boys and Girls Book About Divorce, With an Introduction for Parents |
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Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures (3rd Edition) $37.8 Entrepreneurship: Launching New Ventures, 3e, introduces readers to the process of entrepreneurial success and shows them how to be effective every step of the way. Introduction to Entrepreneurship; Recognizing Opportunities and Generating Ideas; Feasibility Analysis; Writing a Business Plan; Industry and Competitor Analysis; Developing an Effective Business Model; Preparing the Proper Ethical and Legal Foundation; Assessing a New Venture’s Financial Strength and Viability; Building a New Venture Team; Getting Financing or Funding; Unique Marketing Issues; The Importance of Intellectual Property; Preparing for and Evaluating the Challenges of Growth; Strategies for Firm Growth; Franchising For readers interested in starting an entrepreneurial venture in today’s market. |
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Entrepreneurship By Kariv, Dafna $99.94 Author: Kariv, Dafna Subtitle: An International Introduction Publication Date: 2011/04/07 Number of Pages: 315 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.75 Width: 7.00 Height: 9.75 |
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Entrepreneurship: A Process Perspective, 2nd Edition $166.99 Current, comprehensive, and cutting edge, ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE equips potential entrepreneurs with the tools and insight for success. With solid theory and relevant examples, this thorough resource covers the entire process of building a business. Seasoned instructors and entrepreneurial authorities, Professors Baron and Shane deliver a practical, applied process approach with a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on knowledge from the studies of economics, psychology, and other areas. The book begins with recognizing opportunity and building a team, and then moves through assembling finances, the business plan, legal issues, marketing, growth, and exit strategies. Rather than getting bogged down in excessive discussions of theory, Baron and Shane use real-world examples to illustrate how students can apply chapter concepts to their own business ventures. Thoroughly updated and revised based on student and professor feedback, the second edition adds a chapter on legal issues specific to entrepreneurs–including intellectual property considerations–and an appendix on key accounting principles entrepreneurs should know. A new chapter on growth strategies for new ventures is coupled with a chapter on managing new ventures for growth. In addition, new boxed features shed light on common myths and misperceptions about entrepreneurship. The book is also packed with hands-on applications–including a case written specifically for each chapter–giving students experience putting text concepts into real-world action. |
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Handbook on Entrepreneurship Research : An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction $184.28 No Synopsis Available |
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Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research : An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction $73.08 No Synopsis Available |
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Profiles in Entrepreneurship: Leaving More Than Footprints $36.99 Profiles in Entrepreneurship showcases success through the experiences of 29 highly successful entrepreneurs in their own words. Learn about topics like opportunity recognition, risk assessment, leadership, and how to compensate for limited resources from the first-hand accounts of leaders like Herb Kelleher, Red McCombs, and Katie Brickman Harvey. Each profile includes a look at their driving motivation, tactics, and strategies, highlights of their professional experiences, and a question and answer session. Also included is 2 hours of video on CD–where the profiled entrepreneurs discuss their experiences as if they were addressing your own class. Profiles in Entrepreneurship provides the real-world experience and wisdom in a way that both engages and informs. |
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Introduction $13.58 African rock band Witch was born out of the small-but-scrappy Zambian music scene of the early 1970s. Led by singer Emanyeo “Jagari” Chanda, Witch (whose name was actually an acronym for “We Intend to Cause Havoc”) was formed by former members of more pop-oriented Zambian bands, like the Boyfriends and Kingston Market, but by the time of their 1973 debut album, Introduction, they had worked up a fierce and forceful sound. There’s really nothing overtly African-sounding at all about Introduction; other than Chanda’s accent on the English-language vocals, there’s nothing that even hints at the fact that Witch is from Africa at all, let alone Zambia. The influence of the garage rock and psychedelia coming out of the U.S. in the ‘60s seems to have played a major part in the Witch sound. While contemporaries like Nigeria’s Tirogo incorporated Afro-beat grooves into their psych-inspired sounds, the songs on Introduction mostly sound like they could have come off of some Nuggets-esque compilation of rare ‘60s garage rock singles from the American Midwest. Chanda’s raw, bluesy vocals have a kind of Stonesy swagger, as filtered through the more low-rent likes of, say, the Shadows of Knight or the Chocolate Watchband. Chris Mbewe’s fiery guitar work follows suit, alternating between basic, visceral, blues-based riffs and fuzzed-out, unabashedly psychedelic-sounding licks that make you think you’re hearing a product of the late ‘60s rather than the mid-‘70s. With the Zambian scene being much smaller than that of Nigeria, Witch didn’t have access to particularly top-shelf studios, so there’s a rough-edged, D.I.Y. sound to Introduction that suits the band’s approach here perfectly, though their later, more musically sophisticated outings would noticeably suffer from their lack of sonic clarity. ~ J. Allen, Rovi Performers: Emanyeo Jagari Chanda – Cowbell, Maracas, Percussion, Vocals; John Muma – Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals; Boidi Sinkala – Drums; Chris Mbewe – Vocals, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic); Gedeon Mulenga – Guitar (Bass), Bass |
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The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship $26.09 A totally updated and revised new edition of the most comprehensive, reliable guide to modern entrepreneurshipFor years, the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curriculum of leading business schools to teach you everything you need to know about bus |
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Small Business Management: Entrepreneurship and Beyond, 4th Edition $190.99 Small Business Management provides a balanced introduction to both entrepreneurship and small business management with a focus on achieving and maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage as a small organization. Current issues including global opportunities, service, quality and technology are highlighted throughout the text. The streamlined format allows instructors to cover the entire text of 18 chapters within a standard semester timeline without sacrificing important topics. The Fourth Edition features an increased emphasis on small business ownership by women and minority groups. The online Business Plan Guide and templates provide some of the most extensive information available on business planning. The text also includes a complete sample business plan. |
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Small Business Management: Entrepreneurship and Beyond, 5th Edition $201.99 Small Business Management provides a balanced introduction to both entrepreneurship and small business management with a focus on achieving and maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage as a small organization. Current issues including global opportunities, service, quality and technology are highlighted throughout the text. The streamlined format allows instructors to cover the entire text of 18 chapters within a standard semester timeline without sacrificing important topics. The Fifth Edition features a special focus on the impact of the financial crisis on small business management. The online Business Plan Guide and templates provide some of the most extensive information available on business planning. |
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An Introduction $10.39 Alejandro Escovedo’s 1992 album Gravity was one of the most strikingly accomplished debuts of the decade, though it helped that Escovedo had been playing music since the mid-’70s and making records with various bands (most notably Rank and File and the True Believers) since the early ’80s. But the scope, ambition, and striking emotional impact of Gravity would have been impressive coming from someone with twice Escovedo’s résumé, and it was merely the first salvo in a solo career that has seen him go from strength to strength as a writer, singer, and arranger with each successive project, spinning tales of lives in the balance with the skill of a gifted novelist. Escovedo’s first two solo albums, Gravity and Thirteen Years, were originally released by the Texas-based independent label Watermelon Records, but they went into limbo when Watermelon went out of business. In 2002 they were reissued in expanded form by another independent outfit, Texas Music Group, who that same year released By the Hand of the Father, an album of songs Escovedo wrote for a play about the lives of Mexican immigrants in the United States. An Introduction brings together 14 tracks from the Texas Music Group editions of these three albums — four selections from Gravity, four from Thirteen Years, two from By the Hand of the Father, and four live recordings that were included on bonus discs with the reissues of the first two albums. As an overview of Escovedo’s career, this is pretty skimpy, but as a sampler of his early solo work, it’s impressive stuff. The compilation manages to cherrypick the most memorable moments from each album (though curiously, the two songs drawn from By the Hand of the Father are the same two Escovedo re-recorded for his excellent album for Bloodshot, A Man Under the Influence), and if they lose a bit of their impact when taken out of context, the work remains strong enough to stand on its own. The album reveals a telltale sign of careless mastering — no one bothered to clip off the song introductions that come at the end of the live tracks, so after “Bury Me/Hard Road,” Escovedo announces his cover of Ian Hunter’s “I Wish I Was Your Mother,” which doesn’t appear until eight selections later — and the liner notes are sloppy at best. But there are 71 minutes of superb music from one of America’s best and most singular songwriters on this disc, and there are far worse ways to become acquainted with Alejandro Escovedo’s work. (An even better way is to simply get all three of the albums featured on this collection, which will be issued in full by Floating World.) ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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The Social Entrepreneurship of Change $11.91 The Social Entrepreneurship of Change |
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Policy Entrepreneurship and Elections in Japan $110.51 Policy Entrepreneurship and Elections in Japan |
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The Search for Social Entrepreneurship $20.12 The Search for Social Entrepreneurship |
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About My Sister’s Business: The Black Woman’s Road Map To Successful Entrepreneurship $18.95 Fran Harris, Terrie Williams (Introduction),Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Touchstone |
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Business Strategies For Downtown And Rural Merchants $12.89 After reading this very easy introduction to retail entrepreneurship, I can confidently say that this little book is one of the most practical and comprehensive introductions to starting your own retail business of any size, scope and location. Having been in the global food production and distribution business for more than 30 years before I joined St. Lawrence College as its president, I can confirm that this introduction applies 100% to Canadian circumstances and, with small modifications, the information it contains can be used universally, in any Western country. I commend Mr. Cliche for undertaking this tremendous work, and bringing to all the information needed to avoid disastrous business mistakes. I would highly recommend that anyone who is thinking about starting their own business and particularly those who have been in business for some time should carefully read Mr. Cliche’s proposals. -Mr. Volker Thomsen, President and CEO, St. Lawrence CollegeAbout the Author: Pierre is a seasoned retail executive and wholesale business owner with a proven track record of accomplishments in all aspects of general management from hands-on operations to strategic planning and implementation. He has a reputation of being a straight shooter, a team player and an esteem builder. He thrives on new challenges and meeting difficult objectives. His achievements over the years have been outstanding and much experience was gained from working in the trenches, being a risk taker, an agent of change, a student of business and an innovator. He also attended Humber College, York University and executive training in the U.S. at A&M University in Texas. In early 2004, Pierre founded a retail consulting and personal coaching business in Napanee, Ontario called Retail Success as a means of sharing his personal and business experiences with clients. Pierre works with clients to help them develop their own abilities and inner strengths and to provide them |
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Cutting Red Tape Cutting Red Tape $40.9 Most OECD countries have made policies to reduce administrative burdens – cutting red tape – a political priority. Red tape is particularly burdensome to smaller companies and may inhibit entrepreneurship. These effects are more costly in global markets, where competitiveness can be affected by the efficiency of the domestic regulatory and administrative environment. But citizens and large firms also complain about unnecessary reporting requirements. Results are wanted.What can governments do? Strategies include setting quantitative targets to reduce administrative burdens when new regulations are drafted and by reviewing older regulations; codification; better multi-level co-ordination; and rapid introduction of e-government services. Supported by taskforces and advisory committees, governments increasingly locate responsibility in a central administrative unit. This “whole-of-government” approach represents a major step in recent years, embedding administrative simplification in the overall regulatory quality system at the national level. |
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Entrepreneurship (Greenwood Guides to Business and Economics Series) $55 Are entrepreneurs born or made? How do they recognize opportunity? How do they address the risks associated with designing, launching, and sustaining a new venture? There are many steps between having an idea and going public – this book explores the entrepreneurial process through all of its stages, a process in which some half a billion people are engaged worldwide every year. Illustrated through numerous real-life examples, the book is a map of the entrepreneurial journey, exploring the wide variety of opportunities open to the entrepreneur and how to build upon them, including an overview of such essential principles as screening, market research, product development, financing, and marketing and sales strategies. It also covers legal issues, intellectual property protection, motivating employees, managing boards and investors, use of technology, and the international environment. Featuring examples of business plans and presentations, exercises and checklists, and a glossary of key terms, this volume provides a solid overview and introduction to the process of business creation that will appeal to students and educators, general readers, and budding entrepreneurs.Nearly everyone recognizes iconic companies like Microsoft, Dell, and Ford. But what do we really know about the entrepreneurs (Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and Henry Ford, respectively) who founded these firms or the factors that influenced the birth and development of these corporate giants? How do entrepreneurs identify opportunity and how do they address the personal, social, and financial risks associated with designing, launching, and sustaining a new venture? There are many steps between having an idea and going public – this book explores the entrepreneurial process through all of its stages, a process in which some half a billion people are engaged worldwide every year.Illustrated through numerous real-life examples, the book is a map of the entrepreneurial journey, exploring |
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Entrepreneurship and Smes in the Euro-Zone: Towards a Theory of Symbiotic Entrepreneurship $19.8 Used – The European Charter for Small Enterprises recognises that small firms are the backbone of the European economy. Yet books on the topic are few. An author requires courage to cover such a large set of different views, perceptions and realities about entrepreneurship, even within the limited area of the Euro-zone. L?o-Paul Dana, with a track record in researching and writing about entrepreneurship, puts together an ambitious comparison of 12 European countries: an introduction with geograp |
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Entrepreneurship and Smes in the Euro-Zone: Towards a Theory of Symbiotic Entrepreneurship $17.27 Used – The European Charter for Small Enterprises recognises that small firms are the backbone of the European economy. Yet books on the topic are few. An author requires courage to cover such a large set of different views, perceptions and realities about entrepreneurship, even within the limited area of the Euro-zone. L?o-Paul Dana, with a track record in researching and writing about entrepreneurship, puts together an ambitious comparison of 12 European countries: an introduction with geograp |
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Gender and ICTs for Development $31.95 Around the world, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have changed the lives of individuals, organizations, and, indeed, entire nations. ICTs can have profound implications for women and men in terms of employment, education, health, environmental sustainability, and community development.Because of systemic gender biases in ICTs and their applications, women are far more likely than men to experience discrimination in the new information society. In spite of this, resource-poor and non-literate women and their organizations are aware of the power of information technologies and communication processes, and are using them to advance their basic needs and strategic interests, improve their livelihoods, and help them achieve their human rights.Gender and ICTs for Development brings together case studies about women and their communities in developing countries and how they have been influenced by, and have used, ICTs in development. An introduction by Helen Hambly Odame, now at the University of Guelph in Canada, formerly with the International Service for National Agricultural Research, provides a global overview of the issues, and a framework for responding to the case studies.This book, the seventh of these Global Sourcebooks, features five major case studies which examine the diverse ways in which women have been able to make the most of digital opportunities:* e-commerce in Bhutan;* entrepreneurship by women workers in China;* post-conflict communication using radio and ICTs in Sierra Leone;* sustainable fisheries production in Ghana; and* information exchange related to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean.The extensive and up-to-date critical bibliography of print and online resources makes this a truly global sourcebook on the topic. Published in association with KIT Publishers. |
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Introduction to E-Commerce $24.48 Introduction to E-Commerce, 2/e, by Rayport and Jaworksi, can be used as the principles book for e-commerce. Much like there is a Principles of Marketing that is intended to be the first course in marketing, The text covers the entire landscape of e-commerce. The key message is that faculty who want to teach an introductory class on e-commerce and focus on the strategy parts of e-commerce first and technology second, should adopt this book. Faculty who teach marketing, management, strategy and entrepreneurship as the core discipline prefer this book over technology-oriented e-commerce books. Introduction to e-Commerce gives present and future practitioners of e-Commerce a solid foundation in all aspects of conducting business in the networked economy. The text focus is on what a manager needs to know about Internet infrastructure, strategy formulation and implementation, technology concepts, public policy issues, and capital infrastructure in order to make effective business decisions. This is presented in a framework for the study and practice of e-Commerce with business strategy at the core surrounded by four infrastructures; the technology infrastructure that underlies the Internet, the media infrastructure that provides the content for businesses, public policy regulations that provide both opportunities and constraints, and the capital infrastructure that provides the money and capital to run the businesses. Within this framework, the authors provide a deep exploration of core concepts of online strategy and associated enablers enriched by a wide variety of examples, case studies, and explanations culled directly from practice. |
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Social Entrepreneurship $105 Social Entrepreneurship, understood as innovative approaches to solving social problems and at the same time creating economic value, has become a global phenomenon. This book offers an in-depth and comprehensive discussion of this vibrant area of research and broadens the up until now limited understanding of the theoretical foundations of this phenomenon. New avenues of research provide insights into some of the fundamental questions about the field, while rigorous academic analyses provide an excellent introduction to social entrepreneurship theory and a framework for future research. |
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The Book of Business Wisdom $55 Andrew Grove, Lee Iacocca, P. T. Barnum, Muriel Siebert, Jack Welch, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller. Imagine the priceless advice you could reap from these immortals of the business world. The Book of Business Wisdom offers you the opportunity to share the insights and wisdom of more than 50 of the greatest business minds that ever lived. Never before have the writings of such a large and diverse group of business heroes been collected between the covers of a single book. In The Book of Business Wisdom, more than 50 business legends, past and present, share their passion for excellence and their views on success in business. You’ll hear from Andrew Carnegie and Victor Kiam about the road to business success, David Ogilvy and Richard Sears on leadership, Carl Icahn and Bernard Baruch on what it takes to succeed on the Street, and Mary Kay and John H. Johnson on connecting with customers, just to name a few. For easy reference, the 54 essays featured in The Book of Business Wisdom are organized into eight categories, covering how to get ahead, character, leadership, management, selling and customer service, individuality, entrepreneurship, and investing. Throughout the book, pearls of wisdom from each contributor have been highlighted to draw attention to some of the more memorable and quirky ideas. Each essay is preceded by a brief introduction that offers interesting and insightful information about its author’s life and career, and places the essay in historical perspective. A collection of timeless and universal essays from the sharpest business minds ever, The Book of Business Wisdom is an indispensable source of ideas and inspiration for everyone whowants to succeed. This book is a delight to read and a revelation. It contains a wealth of wisdom about how to succeed not just in business, but in life. Daniel P. Tully Chairman of the Board, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Lee Iacocca: If you make believe that 10 guys in pi |
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Tourism and Innovation $180 Tourism is often described as an industry with high growth rates, and it is subject to radical change in how it is produced and consumed. However, there is still a relatively poor understanding of how such changes are brought about – that is, through innovation. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive review of innovation in tourism, while also considering how tourism itself contributes to innovative local, regional and national development strategies. This timely book places tourism innovation in the context of current academic and policy concerns relating to knowledge, competition, and the management of change. A substantial introductory chapter provides an overview of what makes innovation in tourism both distinctive from, and similar to innovation in other economic sectors. This is followed by three general scene setting chapters which explore how competition and the search for competitiveness drive tourism innovation, how knowledge transfers and knowledge creation lead the process, and how institutions shape innovation. These provide a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the roles of different agencies in innovation, ranging from the state, to the firm, to the consumer. The next four chapters analyze innovation at different scales. Two chapters review the territorial dimensions of innovation through the fresh perspectives of the national and regional innovation systems, followed by reviews of the determinants of innovation in the firm, and the contested and complex role of entrepreneurship. The final chapter summarises the importance of understanding tourism innovation.This is a groundbreaking volume whichprovides an accessible introduction to a key but neglected topic. It provides a readable account of the multidisciplinary research on innovation and relates the emerging theoretical framework to tourism. A clear conceptual framework is complemented by fifty boxes which provide a range of |
