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by Kayhan Tajeddini (Editor), Vanessa Ratten (Editor), Thorsten Merkle (Editor)
Innovation and technological advancements can be disruptive forces, especially for conventional business in the hospitality and tourism industries. This book is timely with its critical examination of such forces and how the two industries should strategize and respond to changes effectively. It examines a wide scope of topics, from environmental scanning, formulation, implementation and evaluation to the way managers make strategy choices for better organizational performance.
The book illustrates how companies can re-orient their strategies and appraise the effectiveness of the business; its key competitors; and how they should set business goals through various cases, i.e. different types of hospitality and tourism business from traditional hotels to Airbnb and endeavors to provide strategic conceptual theories with real world application through such case studies.
Author Biography
Kayhan Tajeddini is Professor of Strategic Management at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
Vanessa Ratten is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Australia.
Thorsten Merkle is Professor at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons FHGR, Switzerland.
