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Verso prospettive di consolidamento dell'imprenditoria femminile immigrata in Italia
No full textObiettivo del paper è verificare se esiste un modello di sviluppo dell’imprenditoria femminile immigrata in Italia. Sulla base della letteratura relativa al tema indagato è tuttavia utile porre la seguente domanda di ricerca: l’appartenenza ad un network nazionale ed internazionale può agevolare lo sviluppo dell’imprenditoria femminile immigrata in Italia? L’indagine è stata svolta attraverso la somministrazione di un questionario rivolto ad un campione di imprenditrici immigrate operanti nel settore tessile e dell’abbigliamento con sede in Italia. La scelta del settore economico di analisi si giustifica in quanto rappresenta il terzo settore economico con la maggiore concentrazione di imprenditrici immigrate (2.271 unità), ossia il 16% rispetto al totale degli imprenditori operanti nello stesso settore economico in Italia. Il tasso di adesione da parte degli intervistati è stato pari al 35% ossia 795 questionari compilati. La strutturazione del questionario rispecchia la necessità di esaminare le caratteristiche personali dell’imprenditoria femminile immigrata, gli aspetti organizzativi e lo stile di direzione e l’ambiente specifico in cui operano le imprenditrici intervistate. Oltre ad incrementare la letteratura sui temi della governance e del management delle imprese immigrate gestite da donne, l’originalità del paper si fonda sulla capacità di definire un possibile modello di sviluppo dell’imprenditoria femminile immigrata in Italia
Increasing the efficiency of knowledge transfer in an Italian tourism system: a network approach
No full textEfficient transferring information and knowledge play a fundamental strategic role in a tourism system. This is especially important in critical times where efficient collaboration practices and a fluid flow of ideas is essential for the performance and the growth of the entire tourism industry. Here we use the methods of network science for increasing our awareness of the different collaborative structures and the potential information and knowledge flows across them. Intermediaries play a fundamental strategic role for the whole tourism domain and the good functioning this system is crucial for the social and economic development of tourism activities. The paper builds on previous research on the subject and takes as unit of analysis the Italian travel agencies and tour operators. Numerical simulations allow to build scenarios that improve the understanding of the Italian tourism intermediaries knowledge network and can be used to devise policies that tend to a more efficient and innovative functioning of the sector. The findings show how even limited structural changes in the system sensibly improve its efficiency and the capability to exchange information and knowledge
Social network analysis: organizational implications in tourism management
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of how quantitative analysis methods have been and can be used to improve the competitiveness of tourism destination. The focus of the study is social network analysis (SNA). Design/methodology/approach: The research methodology is qualitative and consists of the review literature relevant to this thesis. This methodology is necessary to give an account of the methods and the techniques adopted for the data collection used in other economic sectors. Findings: SNA is needed to analyze the creation and configuration of communities of practice within destination and to identify possible barriers to effective interaction. Essentially, it is a complex adaptive socio-economic system. It shares many (if not all) of the characteristics usually associated with such entities, namely, non-linear relationships among the components, self-organization and emergence of organizational structures, robustness to external shocks. Research limitations/implications: The most important limit of this paper is that all the results presented here do not concern a single case study. Future research studies will provide a larger number of cases and examples to give the necessary validation to the findings presented here. Practical implications: This paper provides a view into the network of relationships that may give tourism organization managers a strong leverage to improve the flow of information and to target opportunities where this flow may have the most impact on regulatory or business activities. Originality/value: SNA can help to detect actual expertise and consequently project the potential losses deriving from an inefficient flow of knowledge. In addition, the authors will be able to define roles in the organizational networks and make an evaluation of informal organizational structures over the formal ones. Traditional organizational theories lack a concrete correspondence with mathematical studies and in this respect the authors sought to identify a correspondence
A critical reflection on the adoption of blockchain in tourism
No full textThe viewpoint discusses the impact of blockchain technology adoption on tourism. We highlight a gap in the tourism management literature. Based on a number of published works and the few implementations existing in the tourism domain we critically reflect on the ability to capture benefits, and to enhance the effectiveness of this technology. Starting with a description, often missing, of the basic architecture and functioning mechanisms of a blockchain system we discuss potential drivers and drawbacks of its adoption in the tourism domain, highlighting the managerial implications of its use. Given the gap in tourism management literature, we also suggest possible research directions for better understanding and evaluating the applicability in tourism and hospitality
Women in business: development perspectives of relational capital
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Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to analyze the strategic role of relational capital for the achievement of sustainable development in Italian micro and small tourist businesses run by women. The paper focuses on the tourism enterprises because that sector constitute 10 % of the Italian GDP.
Design/methodology/approach – The qualitative research methodology that has been used is that of case study research (Yin, 2009). Such process consisted in a survey with an ad-hoc questionnaire developed to analyze the distinctive features of a woman-owned micro and small enterprise that can be identified with the CAOS model (Paoloni, 2011).
Originality/value – The paper applies the CAOS model examining the personal characteristics of the female entrepreneur (C); the environment in which the in SMEs operates (A); organizational and managerial aspects (O); and the motivations for manage a new business (S). This model is able to link these factors and classify different types of connections, it is possible to identify the kind of existing relations.
Practical implications – The paper intends to help address a gap in the existing literature regarding the management and governance of tourism firms run by women. The paper can contribute to improving the competitiveness Italian enterprises studying how women entrepreneurs manage her business.
Competitiveness and relational capital: Women in management in the sector of immigrants reception in Italy
No full textThe aim of these paper is to the verify wether relational capital allows increasing the information inherent in the process of the network of female micro-ennterprise
Immigrant women’s entrepreneurship: is there a development model in Italy?
Full text linkThe aim of this paper is to verify if there is a typical enterprise model for the development of immigrant female entrepreneurship in Italy. Based on the literature on the subject, however, it is useful to ask the following research question: “can membership in a national and international network facilitate the development of immigrant female entrepreneurship operating in Italy”? The survey was carried out by submitting a questionnaire to a sample of immigrant women entrepreneurs in the textile and clothing sector based in Italy. The choice fell on this specific economic segment because it represents the third largest sector for the number of female immigrant entrepreneurs (2.271 units) which amounts to 16% of the total number of entrepreneurs operating in the same sector. The percentage of respondents was 35%, with 795 completed questionnaires. The structure of the questionnaire reflects the need to examine the personal features of female entrepreneurs, the organizational aspects and the style of leadership, the task environment in which the enterprise works and the main possible benefits, or
obstacles, they might obtain, or face. In addition to the objective of enlarging the literature regarding the management and governance of businesses run by women entrepreneurs, that is quite limited to date, this paper is a contribution to the analysis of a possible development model of women entrepreneurs
Competitiveness and sustainability in tourism industry: the "albergo diffuso" case study
Full text linkThe objective of the analysis developed in this paper is to verify whether the sustainability of the hotel ospitality model contributes to the competitiveness of tourist destinations. The research question is: does the model of “albergo diffuso” satisfy the requirement for a social, economic and environmental sustainability? The research method adopted consisted in a survey with the submission of a questionnaire to a number of alberghi diffusi operating worldwide, that is 130 units of analysis. The submission period went from October to December 2016. Through the questionnaire submitted to the interviewees it has been possible to analyze the motivation for the business start-up as well as the characteristics of the entrepreneur, the managerial systems and the governance style. The results will be analyzed through the application of the Weaver model (2014; 2017) which is considered essential to evaluate the contribution of the albergo diffuso to tourism sustainability. The implementation of the Weaver matrix to evaluate the contribution of the albergo diffuso to the sustainability of a tourist destination is the original element of the paper. The paper discusses the implications of sustainability with particular regards to the “albergo diffuso”. Therefore, it would be suitable to expand the analysis to additional models of tourist hospitality present in the international tourism scenario
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