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Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries provides a historical account and a managerial approach on how companies in the service industry have grown, innovated, and internationalised along the last centuries in Western Europe.
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Emerald Publishing Limited,
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| Publisher Address: | Bingley : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Frontiers of management history. |
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| Summary: |
Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries provides a historical account and a managerial approach on how companies in the service industry have grown, innovated, and internationalised along the last centuries in Western Europe. |
| Item Description: | 2. Theoretical Visions of Alliances in the Airline Sector |
| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781801179515 1801179514 |
| Index Number: | HD9980 |
| CLC: | F735.069.1 |
| Call Number: | F735.069.1/C697 |
| Contents: |
Intro -- Halftitle Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1. Service Industries -- 2. Entrepreneurship as a Social, Collective Process -- 3. An Approach to the Content -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The Role of Business Services in the Development of European Commodity Trading Companies in the 20th Century -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Role and Functions of International Commodity Trading Companies 3. Collective Entrepreneurship and the Development of Commodity Trading Companies in Switzerland -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Collective Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Hotel Industry: The Internationalization of a Domestic Cluster -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Development of Majorca's Tourism Cluster -- 2.1. Barceló: From Transport to Tourism -- 2.2. Meliá Hotels International (MHI): The Fastest and the Biggest -- 2.3. Riu: The Transformation of a Fruit Trader -- 2.4. Iberostar: From Shoes to Tourism -- 2.5. Main Characteristics of the Majorca's Tourism Cluster: A Summary 3. The Landing in America: Replicating the Cluster Abroad -- 3.1. Barceló: The Early Comer -- 3.2. Meliá Hotels International (MHI): A Rectified Venture -- 3.3. Riu: The Strength of an International Partner -- 3.4. Iberostar: The Last But Not the Least -- 3.5. The Main Characteristics of the Cluster Abroad -- 4. Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 3: Collective Entrepreneurship and the Development of Private Clinics in Geneva, 1860-2020 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Heyday of Philanthropy (1860-1890) -- 3. The Impact of Modern Technology (1890-1945) 3.1. The Dominant Position of the Cantonal Hospital -- 3.2. Private Doctors' Access to New Technologies -- 3.3. Regulating Competition -- 4. From Stable Growth to Competition (1945-1990) -- 5. Neo-Liberalism and the Growing Big Business of Private Clinics (1990-2020) -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: The Transfer of the North American Ideas of Hospital Management to Europe in the 20th Century: The Case of Spain -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern Ideas on Hospital Management, Organization and Accreditation: The US Before the 1930s and Dissemination in Western Europe Before World War II 3. The Diffusion of the US Modern Ideas of the Hospital Organization and Management: The Case of Spain -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Evolution of Public Services: The Case of UK Leisure Centres in the Late 20th Century -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Creating the Leisure Centre -- Establishing the Institutional Context -- 3. 1960s-1970s -- Early Steps -- 4. National Diffusion -- 1980s and 1990s -- 5. Conclusion: The Building of a Profession -- References -- Chapter 6: Alliances as a Coopetitive Strategy of the Airlines: The Case of Iberia (1980-2020) -- 1. Introduction |