The lone digital tourism entrepreneur: Knowledge acquisition and collaborative transfer
The lone digital tourism entrepreneur: Knowledge acquisition and collaborative transfer
This paper addresses calls for more detailed studies of small tourism enterprises. Researchers report a lack of adoption and ineffective utilisation of digital technologies in smaller tourism businesses. The study focuses on two university-facilitated projects of digital marketing adoption and utilisation by 53 small and medium sized tourism businesses in the South of England. The framework for this study was driven by Modes of Knowledge Transference and Technology-In-Practice. The findings describe peer-to-peer knowledge acquisition and sharing that take place in university-led projects and suggests that a combination of Mode 1 and Mode 2 knowledge helps entrepreneurs to advance their digital marketing knowledge. Peer-to-peer clusters are an effective means of placing digital marketing knowledge and technology in the context of small and medium tourism business practice. The paper provides implications for destination marketing organisations and policymakers and suggestions for future avenues of research are offered.
Digital marketing, Entrepreneur, Knowledge acquisition, Mode 1 and Mode 2 knowledge, Small tourism businesses, Technology-in-practice
Alford, Philip
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Jones, Rosalind
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December 2020
Alford, Philip
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Jones, Rosalind
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Alford, Philip and Jones, Rosalind
(2020)
The lone digital tourism entrepreneur: Knowledge acquisition and collaborative transfer.
Tourism Management, 81, [104139].
(doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104139).
Abstract
This paper addresses calls for more detailed studies of small tourism enterprises. Researchers report a lack of adoption and ineffective utilisation of digital technologies in smaller tourism businesses. The study focuses on two university-facilitated projects of digital marketing adoption and utilisation by 53 small and medium sized tourism businesses in the South of England. The framework for this study was driven by Modes of Knowledge Transference and Technology-In-Practice. The findings describe peer-to-peer knowledge acquisition and sharing that take place in university-led projects and suggests that a combination of Mode 1 and Mode 2 knowledge helps entrepreneurs to advance their digital marketing knowledge. Peer-to-peer clusters are an effective means of placing digital marketing knowledge and technology in the context of small and medium tourism business practice. The paper provides implications for destination marketing organisations and policymakers and suggestions for future avenues of research are offered.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 May 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 June 2020
Published date: December 2020
Keywords:
Digital marketing, Entrepreneur, Knowledge acquisition, Mode 1 and Mode 2 knowledge, Small tourism businesses, Technology-in-practice
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/441991
ISSN: 0261-5177
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