Conceptualizing the tourism entrepreneurial ecosystem

Halldorsdottir, Iris Hrund and Walmsley, Andreas (2024) Conceptualizing the tourism entrepreneurial ecosystem. In: Handbook of Tourism Entrepreneurship. Research Handbooks in Tourism . Elgar Publishing, pp. 264-275. ISBN 978 1 80392 001 6

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Abstract

This chapter seeks to provide a conceptual underpinning to the notion of the tourism entrepreneurial ecosystem. Entrepreneurship does not occur in a vacuum and yet for some considerable time, much focus in the entrepreneurship literature has been on the characteristics of the entrepreneur. More recently, and building on systems theory and subsequent applications in economics, the concept of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) has spawned much research interest. In part because of its relative novelty, the concept has only just begun to attract interest in tourism. We argue that the concept deserves increased focus because of entrepreneurship’s importance to tourism development. Based on a review of the EE concept and its application to tourism, a framework is provided that supports the use of the tourism EE as an analytical category, thereby assisting future research in this area.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Tourism, Entrepreneurial ecosystem, Firm, SMEs, Entrepreneurship, Systems theory
Depositing User:	Ms Raisa Burton
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2024 09:32
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2024 09:32
URI:	https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17839

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