Tourism and entrepreneurship : international perspectives / editors Jovo Ateljevic, Stephen J. Page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 - Introduction / Jovo Ateljevic and Stephen Page Part One: Understanding the Conceptual Basis of Tourism Entrepreneurship Chapter 2 - Tourism Entrepreneurship – Concepts and Issues / Jovo Ateljevic and Lan Li Chapter 3 - Introduction and Overview to the Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurial Process / Elizabeth Chell Part Two: Creative Use of Entreprenuership and Processes of Social Innovation Chapter 4 - Sustaining Creative Entrepreneurship: The Role of Innovation Systems / Edward H. Huijbens, Anne-Mette Hjalager, ... Arvid Flagestad Chapter 5 - Women Empowerment Entrepreneurship Nexus in Tourism: Processes of Social Innovation / Linda W.J. Peeters and Irena Ateljevic Chapter 6 - Entrepreneurs, Institutions and Institutional Entrepreneurship: New Light through Old Windows? / Thomas Forbes Chapter 7 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Tourism: Public Sector Experiences of Innovation Activity in Tourism in Scandinavia and Scotland / Julie Franchetti and Stephen J. Page Part Three: Tourism Entrepreneurship Mediating the Global-Local Divide Chapter 8 - Entrepreneurial Crafts and the Tourism Industry * Ian Fillis Chapter 9 - Tourism Entrepreneurship and Regional Development / Jovo Ateljevic Chapter 10 - Entrepreneurial Wildlife Exploitation in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview / Peter Rosa and Patricia Joubert Chapter 11 - Bridging the Global–Local Divide: Lessons from Indigenous Entrepreneurship on Vatulele Island, Fiji / Stephen Doorne Chapter 12 - Building Institutional, Economic and Social Capacities: The Role of NGOs in the Context of Bosnia–Herzegovina and Serbia / Jovo Ateljevic and David Gallagher Part Four: Sectoral Strategies and Policy Issues of Tourism Entrepreneurship Chapter 13 - The Public Policy Context of Tourism Entrepreneurship / C. Michael Hall Chapter 14 - A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Tourism Development / Marko Koscak and Tony O’Rourke Chapter 15 - Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Entrepreneurship and SMTEs / Dimitrios Buhalis and Hilary Murphy Chapter 16 - Access to Finance: Delivery Structures and the Problems Faced by Micro and Small Tourism Entrepreneurs / Tony O’Rourke Chapter 17 - Tourism Distribution: From Structure to Strategy / Douglas G. Pearce Chapter 18 - Understanding and Influencing the Entrepreneurial Intentions of Tourism Students / Andreas Walmsley and Rhodri Thomas Chapter 19 - Tourism in Wartime Britain 1914–18: Adaptation, Innovation and the Role of Thomas Cook and Son / Stephen J. Page and Alastair Durie FURTHER READING INDEX