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TY - JOUR
T1 - Entrepreneurial reputation in destination networks
AU - Strobl, Andreas
AU - Peters, Mike
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Only few scientific contributions have attempted to analyze the patterns of governance and major stakeholders in destination networks. This paper seeks to investigate the role of entrepreneurship in destinations with the major aims laying in the identification of relevant factors of destination governance and analyses of entrepreneurs’ impact on this process. Due to the great complexity of destination networks and the process characteristic of governance, a qualitative research approach was chosen. Case study research was conducted in four Austrian tourism destinations. Results unveil the importance of entrepreneurial reputation of actors, density of strong ties in the destination network and informal relationships between actors for destination governance. This paper concludes with recommendations for future research in the field of destination governance.
AB - Only few scientific contributions have attempted to analyze the patterns of governance and major stakeholders in destination networks. This paper seeks to investigate the role of entrepreneurship in destinations with the major aims laying in the identification of relevant factors of destination governance and analyses of entrepreneurs’ impact on this process. Due to the great complexity of destination networks and the process characteristic of governance, a qualitative research approach was chosen. Case study research was conducted in four Austrian tourism destinations. Results unveil the importance of entrepreneurial reputation of actors, density of strong ties in the destination network and informal relationships between actors for destination governance. This paper concludes with recommendations for future research in the field of destination governance.
KW - entrepreneurship
KW - destination governance
KW - networks
KW - social capital
KW - reputation
U2 - 10.1016/j.annals.2012.08.005
DO - 10.1016/j.annals.2012.08.005
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 59
EP - 82
JO - Annals of Tourism Research
JF - Annals of Tourism Research
SN - 0160-7383
ER -