Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Sector A Risky Activity in French Overseas Departments

Séraphin, Hugues; Pilato, Manuela; Bellia, Claudio

doi:10.18662/lumproc.rce2017.1.22

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“…Further, risk-taking has a mediating role to play in innovativeness, which can produce competitive advantages (Liu and Fang, 2016). Seraphin et al.’s (2017) study on the identification of typical successful attributes of food tourism enterprises, confirms that transformational entrepreneurs and enterprises with constant collaboration with key stakeholders could effectively provide high-quality products and services, particularly through the implementation of unique product differentiation strategies that are different than other competitors.…”

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“…On the contrary, there are some who believe in tradition and that the nature of the business is to have a sustainable income altogether, disregarding the prospect of modernization, particularly common among hawkers who are older (Omar and Ishak, 2016). These are people who build their business at a young age from the ground up and believe that sustainability in familiarity is better than taking unchartered risk, which may cause mental and physical exhaustion as a consequence of adapting to new knowledge and skills, plus facing the uncertainty of receiving higher profits if modernization was to take place (Chong, 2018; Omar and Ishak, 2016).Studies have confirmed that product innovation and a transformational business mindset are two crucial drivers of successful hawker food businesses (Liu and Fang, 2016; Seraphin et al., 2017; Stevenson et al., 2019). These studies generally indicate that competitive aggressiveness and being proactive are positively related to risk-taking among street food vendors, having a constructive effect on innovativeness.…”

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Deciphering Food Hawkerpreneurship: Challenges and success factors in franchising street food businesses in Malaysia

Chong

Stephenson

2020

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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This study investigates the challenges and identifies the critical success factors in transforming traditional hawker food into a franchisable business, principally within the context of Malaysia. This study aims to provide guidelines that could support the process of enterprising traditional street food businesses, especially to assist the mobilization and promotion of hawkerpreneurship for existing traditional food hawkers and future adopters. A total of five hawkerpreneurs and four traditional hawkers were qualitatively assessed through semi-structured interviews. As a result, four critical challenges that both hawkerpreneurs and traditional hawkers encountered were identified, namely: (1) exploring the unknown (2) high capital investment for total ‘make-over’ (3) lack of knowledge in brand repositioning and (4) resistance to automation and standardization, particularly as a way to retain authenticity. By considering these concerns, young entrepreneurs and financial investors can assess the potentiality and feasibility of hawker food, and identify areas to focus on in running a successful traditional street food business. The results of this study could further assist in developing the support mechanisms and start-up strategies that encourage the adoption of hawker food entrepreneurship among Malaysians.

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Deciphering Food Hawkerpreneurship: Challenges and success factors in franchising street food businesses in Malaysia

Chong

Stephenson

2020

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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“…Indeed, what might be considered as too much in some destinations and by some locals is tolerated elsewhere. Some destinations and some groups of people with more or less a similar profile have proven to be more resilient than others (Séraphin et al , 2017). This theme issue, therefore, presents a rich variety of case studies and success stories derived from a number of destinations experiencing overtourism.…”

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Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of the significance of this theme issue. To develop a better understanding of the context, the phenomenon of overtourism is introduced. The paper also sheds light on perverse impacts of overtourism on key stakeholders and seeks to provide justification for the need for smart and sustainable strategies. Design/methodology/approach The research design follows a mixed approach and draws from a combination of case studies, online sources, literature reviews and an industry paper. This combination of primary, secondary and tertiary data enables more meaningful analysis of overtourism from destinations with different specificities and characteristics. Findings The paper provides valuable insight on the causes and consequences of overtourism on the destination and its people, which arguably include both tourists, residents and other stakeholders. Based on empirical evidence, the paper presents common strategies that are used to tackle overtourism and seeks to draw insights from those case studies to propose smarter and more sustainable strategies. Originality/value The value of this theme issue is that it presents a variety of case studies that might be used as examples to mitigate the consequences of overtourism. Destinations showing similar symptoms may draw from the paper to manage the strain of overtourism. As one size does not fit all, the variety of strategies proposed within those papers might help practitioners and destination managers to select and adapt them to their respective contexts. Further, the research findings may be applicable to other geographic regions with similar contexts.

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“…Séraphin et al (2017) noted the limited extent of research of tourism within the Caribbean region, despite its importance to the region's economy. This research identified the need for transformational entrepreneurs and transformational enterprises that engage in effective collaboration and have innovation at the heart of their activities in order to compete effectively Hitchcock (2000).…”

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Entrepreneurship in island contexts: A systematic review of the tourism and hospitality literature

Booth

Chaperon

Kennell

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International Journal of Hospitality Management

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Entrepreneurship is vital to the success of tourism and hospitality and the sector makes an important contribution to many island economies. Despite this, far too little attention has been paid by researchers to tourism and hospitality entrepreneurship in islands (THEI). This research helps to address this gap through a systematic review of the literature, conducted to provide a platform for further research and to help investigators set their research priorities and thereby advance understanding of this important field. Using the Scopus database and the PRISMA technique, a total of 132 articles were included in bibliometric and thematic content analyses. The review revealed that, although there has been an increase in THEI research, this has tended to focus on the Asia-Pacific region rather than the European and North American contexts. It was also found that, hitherto, the generalizability of much THEI published research is limited. It is therefore suggested that researchers consider redressing this geographical bias and conduct more quantitative and comparative THEI studies. Further opportunities exist for scholars to investigate the characteristics and behaviors of tourism and hospitality island entrepreneurs as well as the impacts of the industrial and spatial aspects of THEI. For professionals working in island economic development and business support, this research identifies many of the challenges and opportunities associated with supporting THEI.

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Entrepreneurship in the Tourism Sector A Risky Activity in French Overseas Departments

Abstract: Research in the field of tourism in the Caribbean is rather limited despite the fact the industry is capital for the area. This industry is very important for the French Overseas Departments and yet

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Deciphering Food Hawkerpreneurship: Challenges and success factors in franchising street food businesses in Malaysia

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