The importance of lifestyle entrepreneurship: A conceptual study of the tourism industry

The purpose of the paper is to explore and discuss the emergence of lifestyle entrepreneurship. The article addresses the question of the relationship between entrepreneur’s life qual-ity and enterprise growth. The purpose is to conceptualize this relationship and to learn more about life-style entr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Peters, Mike, Frehse, Joerg, Buhalis, Dimitrios
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositorio:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
OAI Identifier:oai:riull.ull.es:915/18058
Acceso en línea:http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18058
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lifestyle
Entrepreneurship
Tourism
Entrepreneurial motives
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Sumario:The purpose of the paper is to explore and discuss the emergence of lifestyle entrepreneurship. The article addresses the question of the relationship between entrepreneur’s life qual-ity and enterprise growth. The purpose is to conceptualize this relationship and to learn more about life-style entrepreneurship. Tourism serves as a case industry to illustrate both relevant research in the field of lifestyle entrepreneurship and a conceptual framework to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial activities and perceived life quality. The paper delivers a literature review on entrepre-neurship and certain forms of entrepreneurship and conceptualizes lifestyle enterprise’s growth