| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Entrepreneurship and Family Business -- Starting the Family Business -- Sustaining and Developing the Family Business -- Balancing Family and Business through the Life Cycle -- Farm-based Family Businesses -- Family-owned and -operated Small Hotels -- Family-owned Nature-based Resorts -- Family-owned and -operated Tour Companies -- Family-owned Tourist Attractions and Wineries -- Cross-case Analysis -- Implications for Family Businesses and Tourism Destinations -- Implications for Research and Theory |
| Summary |
This book with 12 chapters primarily aims to advance the study of family business within tourism and hospitality. Chapter 1 (introduction) addresses the questions of why study the family business, and its exact nature. In Chapter 2, family business is recognized as a distinct form of entrepreneurship. The critical issues of motivation and goals are examined in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 identifies and examines the meaning of success and failure for growing business, then, focuses on specific challenges and cause of failure. Chapter 5 examines key challenges and issues together with strategies and actions that are actually employed, or are recommended by experts, to achieve a healthy balance. Chapter 6-10 contain case studies of real family businesses in this industry, organized by sectors of the industry: farm-based; small hotels; resorts; tour companies; and attractions. A cross-case analysis to identify 30 key themes and commonalities is given in Chapter 11. Chapter 12 draws implications for research and theory, including an analysis of gaps in the tourism and hospitality literature pertaining to family business, and a set of detailed propositions that can be used to develop a theory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Tourism.
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Hospitality industry.
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Family-owned business enterprises.
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Recreation.
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Leisure Activities
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Recreation
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recreation.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
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Businesses.
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Case studies.
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Entrepreneurship.
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Farm enterprises.
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Farm tourism.
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Hospitality industry.
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Hotels.
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Resorts.
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Small businesses.
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Tour operators.
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Tourism.
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Tourist attractions.
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Tourist industry.
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Recreation
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Family-owned business enterprises
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Hospitality industry
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Tourism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carlsen, Jack.
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Morrison, Alison J.
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| ISBN |
0851998089 |
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9780851998084 |
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0851999220 |
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9780851999227 |
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1280866330 |
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9781280866333 |
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9786610866335 |
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6610866333 |
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