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The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management: Applications of Theories And Concepts to Tourism

The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management: Applications of Theories And Concepts to Tourism

by NoelScott (Editor), Chris Cooper (Editor), SerenaVolo (Editor), WilliamC.Gartner (Editor)

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    Hardcover 2018

    $133.94
Synopsis

The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management is a critical, state-of-the-art and authoritative review of tourism management, written by leading international thinkers and academics in the field. With a strong focus on applications of theories and concepts to tourism, the chapters in this volume are framed as critical synoptic pieces covering key developments, current issues and debates, and emerging trends and future considerations for the field.

Part One: Approaching Tourism
Part Two: Destination Applications
Part Three: Marketing Applications
Part Four: Tourism Product Markets
Part Five: Technological Applications
Part Six: Environmental Applications

This handbook offers a fresh, contemporary and definitive look at tourism management, making it an essential resource for academics, researchers and students.

$133.94

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 569
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Published: 08 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 1526461137
ISBN 13: 9781526461131

Author Bio
William B. Gartner is the Arthur M. Spiro Professor of Entrepreneurship at Clemson University. Prior to joining Clemson he was on the faculty at Georgetown University, the University of Virginia, San Francisco State University, and the University of Southern California. He is one of the co-founders of the Entrepreneurship Research Consortium, which initiated, developed and managed the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. His service to the entrepreneurship field has included two consecutive terms as Chair of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division (1985 + 1986), special issue editorships for the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV) and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP), and Editorial Board memberships with the Academy of Management Review (AMR), Journal of Management (JOM), JBV, ETP, and the Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM). His research has: been published in AMR, JBV, ETP, JOM and JSBM; won awards from the Academy of Management, ETP, and the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference; and has been funded by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Coleman Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, Small Business Foundation of America, the Los Angeles Times, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the Corporate Design Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His research on nascent entrepreneurs explores how they: find and identify opportunities, recognize and solve startup problems, and undertake actions to successfully launch new ventures. He is also collecting and analyzing the stories entrepreneurs tell about their entrepreneurial adventures.