In Search of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Australian Outdoor Hospitality Parks Sector

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Primary Supervisor
Davidson, Michael
Marles, Kathryn
Other Supervisors
Joppe, Marion
Year published
2011
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Innovation has been lauded as a key ingredient in business success, and while several studies have examined the role of innovation in manufacturing and technology, fewer studies have explored its role in tourism., and even less in the caravan park industry. The notion of innovation has undergone a semantic stretch, to the point where it is tossed into many contexts as a strategic action step. The term is derived from Latin meaning "to introduce something new to the existing realm and order of things", and can be applied to products, services, processes, organization, and marketing. Much of the literature refers to innovation ...
View more >Innovation has been lauded as a key ingredient in business success, and while several studies have examined the role of innovation in manufacturing and technology, fewer studies have explored its role in tourism., and even less in the caravan park industry. The notion of innovation has undergone a semantic stretch, to the point where it is tossed into many contexts as a strategic action step. The term is derived from Latin meaning "to introduce something new to the existing realm and order of things", and can be applied to products, services, processes, organization, and marketing. Much of the literature refers to innovation as being either incremental or radical, with the latter particularly referenced with technology. Ultimately, most innovations are improvements to what is already in place, designed to act as a point of differentiation, targeting primarily existing markets, and to a lesser extent, new markets.
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View more >Innovation has been lauded as a key ingredient in business success, and while several studies have examined the role of innovation in manufacturing and technology, fewer studies have explored its role in tourism., and even less in the caravan park industry. The notion of innovation has undergone a semantic stretch, to the point where it is tossed into many contexts as a strategic action step. The term is derived from Latin meaning "to introduce something new to the existing realm and order of things", and can be applied to products, services, processes, organization, and marketing. Much of the literature refers to innovation as being either incremental or radical, with the latter particularly referenced with technology. Ultimately, most innovations are improvements to what is already in place, designed to act as a point of differentiation, targeting primarily existing markets, and to a lesser extent, new markets.
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Thesis Type
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Degree Program
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School
Griffith Business School
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Subject
Innovation in tourism
Outdoor hospitality parks
Entrepreneurial innovation