This book focuses on the role of networking, cooperation and partnership in destination management in response to the changing environment of the tourism industry.

Firms and institutions are nowadays required to implement drastic management changes: they must adopt a systemic approach and become actively involved in formal and informal networks in order to increase efficiency and product quality, to gain a sustainable edge and face the competitive context.

The work is dedicated to deepening the topics of the "Networking and Tourism Local System" session of the 12th ATLAS 2004 Annual Conference, "Networking & Partnership in Destination Development & Management", held in Naples.

From a theoretical point of view, the papers included herein relate to two macro reference areas: applied economics and managerial sciences. The analysis range from national to local levels and focus on strategies, policies, and project experiences.

Several cases from different areas (Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Spain, Sweden) are examined and provide features and issues that can be applied beyond the cultural and economic contexts.

About the Author

Luciana Lazzeretti is Professor in Business Economics at the Faculty of Economics, University of Florence, is director of Doctorates School in Economics and rurector of the Postgraduate Programme in Economics and Management of the Museum Goods in the University of Florence. Her main fields of research arc sectorial and local system analysis and the study of strategic behaviour of firms with a multi-disciplinary approach. She has focused on competitive dynamics under an evolutionist perspective, both at a sectorial level and at a local level (cities of art, industrial and cultural districts, urban, creative, and culniral clusters). She is author of several national and international publications.

Clara Stefania Petrillo is Senior Researcher at the Research Institute on Service Activities of the Italian Research Council (IRAT-CNR). Her main research interests lie in business economy with a particular focus on service sector: entrepreneurship and SMEs, governance and strategics of tourism actors; environmental awareness and sustainable development; religious heritage; networking and destination management, She has been involved in managing and coorrunating a number of research projects. She has been contract professor of Tourism Management and Administration at Parthenope University of Naples. She has attended at many conferences and published books and several articles in national and international journals.

Book Information
ISBN 9780080449388
Author Luciana Lazzeretti
Format Hardback
Page Count 262
Imprint Elsevier Science Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 640g