Handbook of hospitality strategic management / edited by Michael Olsen, Jinlin Zhao.

ISBN:

9780080450797

Title:

Author:

Olsen, Michael D.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 488 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Handbooks of hospitality management

Series Title:

Handbooks of hospitality management

Subject Term:

Hospitality industry -- Management.

Strategic planning.

Added Author:

Olsen, Michael D.

Zhao, Jinlin.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.

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Handbook of Hospitality Strategic Management provides a critical review of mainstream hospitality strategic management research topics. Internationally recognized leading researchers provide thorough reviews and discussions, reviewing strategic management research by topic, as well as illustrating how theories and concepts can be applied in the hospitality industry. This book covers all aspects of strategic management in hospitality. The depth and coverage of each topic is unprecedented. A must-read for hospitality researchers and educators, students and industry practitioners.

Marvin J. Cetron and Frederick J. DeMicco and Owen DaviesJorge CostaPaul Slattery and Ian Gamse and Angela RoperNicolas S. GrafElie Younes and Russell KettMelih MadanogluJinlin Zhao and Wei HeFrancis A. Kwansa and Cynthia Mayo and Tevfik DemirciftciJohn O'Neill and Anna MattilaPrakash K. ChathothRobert J. Harrington and Michael OttenbacherKevin S. Murphy and Michael D. OlsenDaniel J. ConnollyPeter Jones and Alan ParkerJoseph J. West and Sabina Tonarelli-FreyChris RobertsMarcia H. Taylor and Michael D. OlsenSander Allegro and Rob de GraafAmit SharmaLevent Altinay and Fevzi Okumus

List of contributors	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Part 1 Strategy in general
1 Travel 2015: scanning the environment-the next big thing in travel and tourism	p. 3
2 Scanning the business environment	p. 15
Part 2 Strategy as investments in competitiveness
3 The development of international hotel chains in Europe	p. 41
4 Industry critical success factors and their importance in strategy	p. 69
5 Hotel investment risk: what are the chances?	p. 103
6 State-of-the-art cost of capital in hospitality strategic management	p. 115
7 Competitive methods of multinational hotel companies in the new millennium (2000-2007)	p. 149
8 The importance of intangible assets: trends and patterns	p. 181
9 Recent findings regarding hotel brand and strategy	p. 203
10 Strategic alliances in the hospitality industry	p. 215
Part 3 Core competencies
11 Resource allocation decisions and organizational structure	p. 235
Part 4 Functional competencies
12 Strategic human resource management: high performance people system as core competencies	p. 267
13 Investing in information technology to grow firm value	p. 301
14 Strategy execution and implementation-achieving strategic goals through operations	p. 333
Part 5 Decision-making
15 Leadership in the hospitality industry	p. 357
16 The organizational culture and its role in executing strategy	p. 375
17 Measuring co-alignment	p. 391
Part 6 Implementation
18 Innovation and strategy implementation: the key challenge in today's competitive atmosphere	p. 407
19 Strategy models and their application to small- and medium-sized enterprises	p. 425
Part 7 Strategy and multiunit issues
20 Factors influencing entrepreneurial orientation of ethnic minority small- and medium-sized hospitality enterprises	p. 453
Conclusion	p. 479
Index	p. 481

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