Supporting innovation for tourism development through multi-stakeholder approaches: Experiences from Africa

Tourism Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-69

  Carlisle, Sheena ^a   Kunc, Martin ^b   Jones, Eleri ^a   Tiffin, Scott ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c The Centre for Innovation Studies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Knowledge transfer; LEDCs; Tourism SMEs

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENTREPRENEUR; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

GAMBIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84869874702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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