TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alsos,Gry Agnete
AU  - Eide,Dorthe
AU  - Madsen,Einar Lier
TI  - Handbook of research on innovation in tourism industries
SN  - 9781782548409
AV  - G 155.A1 H36.2014
PY  - 2014///,
CY  - Cheltenham
PB  - Edward Elgar Publishing
KW  - Tourism
KW  - Turismo
KW  - Hospitality industry
KW  - Hotelería
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Aspectos ambientales
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Aspectos sociales
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; Pt. I. Innovation in tourism -- pt. II. Sources of innovation -- pt. III. Innovation in the firm -- pt. IV. Innovation in destinations and networks
N2  - The tourism sector - already one of the fastest growing industries in the world - is currently undergoing extensive change thanks to strong market growth and a transition to more experience-based products. The capacity for firms to innovate and adapt to market developments is crucial to their success, but research-based knowledge on innovation strategies in tourism remains scarce. This pioneering Handbook offers timely, original research on innovation within the tourism industry from a number of interdisciplinary and global perspectives. The expert contributors adapt theories and models drawn from the mainstream innovation literature and supplement them with analytical strategies specific to the tourism industry. Major themes include forms and sources of innovation in tourism, innovation processes at both firm and destination levels, and the ways in which innovation is defined and measured. Individual chapters cover specific issues such as gendering processes, user-based innovation, enhanced experience value, causation and effectuation strategies, and alternative business models. Students, professors and researchers of innovation, entrepreneurship, and tourism studies will find this book an invaluable resource
ER  -