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The family business in tourism and hospitality
Title statement The family business in tourism and hospitality / Donald Getz, Jack Carlsen and Alison Morrison. Publication Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004. Copyright notice date ?004 Phys.des. 1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages) : illustrations, charts Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Notes to Availability Access limited to subscribing institution. Another responsib. Morrison, Alison J., Carlsen, Jack, Another responsib. C.A.B. International, Subj. Headings Hospitality industry. * Tourism. * Family-owned business enterprises. * Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000) * Rural Industry and Enterprises. * Tourism and Travel. * Businesses. * Case studies. * Entrepreneurship. * Farm enterprises. * Farm tourism. * Hospitality industry. * Hotels. * Resorts. * Small businesses. * Tour operators. * Tourism. * Tourist attractions. * Tourist industry. Form, Genre Electronic books. Country Anglie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL Click here to access resource 
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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.
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.
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