Antecedents of business performance in small tourism firms: a conceptual framework and research propositions
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2012
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Lee, C.
Hallak, R.
Sardeshmukh, S.R.
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Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2012, 2012
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World Business and Economics Research Conference 2012 (10 Dec 2012 - 11 Dec 2012 : Auckland, New Zealand)
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Despite growing attention, entrepreneurship research remains understudied in the field of tourism management. A review of the literature shows that there is a lack of coverage devoted to the tourism entrepreneur and their innovative behaviours as antecedents of business performance in small tourism firms. This is surprising considering that literature advocates innovation and/or creativity as key components of entrepreneurship. Thus, this paper develops a conceptual model which focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation as antecedents of business performance and offers research propositions. It is argued that a tourism entrepreneur's entrepreneurial self-efficacy and innovative behaviours plays a role in enhancing the business performance of their firm.
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