Essays about: "tourism entrepreneurship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words tourism entrepreneurship.

  1. 1. “All we have is this beautiful place. But we don’t have the money”: The effect of foreign direct investment and global power structures on local female entrepreneurship in Coron Town, the Philippines

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hannah Johansson; [2023-10-25]
    Keywords : Foreign direct investment; female entrepreneurship; global power structures; westernization; feminist economics; capital;

    Abstract : Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the global South indicates both to create and obstruct local entrepreneurship opportunities in host countries. However, foreign business owners' large capitals, and global development policies encouraging FDI in the tourism industry play a significant role in this relation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Surviving success in an era of overtourism : Exploring the compatibility of Icelandic tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs with the degrowth concept

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Sveinborg Katla Daníelsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable destination development; degrowth; lifestyle entrepreneurship; tourism; hospitality; Iceland;

    Abstract : The tourism industry has been faced with immense growth worldwide. Due to the industry being resource-heavy, this development has been problematic in terms of sustainable development. This has resulted in overtourism becoming the reality of multiple destinations, which have then faced ecological and social degradation. READ MORE

  4. 3. How Does An Entrepreneur Create A Born Global Firm? : A Case Study Of A Swedish Start-Up Trying To Enter The Indian Market.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

    Author : Luzia Martins Liberio Coelho; Alena Fridrichova; [2022]
    Keywords : Born global; Sweden; International entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial process action; Internationalisation; Effectuation; Causation; Opportunity perception; Indian market; Business model canvas;

    Abstract : Purpose - The purpose of this study is to assess the process of early pre-internationalised and pre-market established born global company and to provide viable advice as to how to internationalise the Indian market which is psychically and geographically distant from the Swedish market. Design/methodology/approach - This study follows a qualitative research approach with an inductive single case study design in order to examine in-depth the Swedish start-up, TurtleCare AB, throughout its internationalisation process. READ MORE

  5. 4. The supporting structures of entrepreneurship - a case study on the entrepreneurial development in a rural community

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Edward Cornell; Hanna Hedlund; [2022]
    Keywords : entrepreneurship; culture; network theory; socio-economics; rural communities;

    Abstract : In the last centuries, Sweden's rural communities have experienced a constant decreasing population to pave the way for the urbanization trend. Studies have found that innovation is a driver for a city's survival and thriving, but still, rural communities have experienced a deteriorated attitude towards entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  6. 5. socialbnb : A Qualitative Study on Host-Guest Interactions and Tourism Social Entrepreneurship

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Silvia Casanova; [2022]
    Keywords : emotional solidarity; host-guest interaction; social tourism entrepreneurship; sharing economy; volunteer tourism; alternative forms of tourism;

    Abstract : This qualitative study looks at host-guest interaction facilitated by the phenomenon of tourism social entrepreneurship through the lens of emotional solidarity. Social entrepreneurship is arguably the social innovation that tourism needs and has become an alternative strategy to develop tourism in host communities with the potential to create positive community change. READ MORE