Innovative Behaviour, R&amp;D Development Activities and Technology Policies in Countries in Transition: The Case of Central Europe

Funck, Rolf H.; Kowalski, Jan S.

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“…Hence, there is a need for integration of the measures which are meant to improve the frame conditions for tourism development within the regional development strategies, policies and plans. This implies there is a need for coherent 'package' including economic, legal, institutional, infrastructure, cultural and social elements, aiming to define a regional profile, stressing and taking advantage of the specific features of each regional or local area (Funck and Kowalski, 1997). In recent years niche markets have brought about a new perspective to developing regional tourism.…”

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Strategic Framework for Innovative Tourism and Sustainable Development in Namibia

Baporikar

2022

International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Digital Age

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Globally the importance of the tourism sector for economic and sustainable development has already been acknowledged. Namibia is no exception. Endowed with natural beauty wildlife, deserts, and beautiful beaches the tourism sector is clearly acknowledged in the development policies and plans. Despite this, there are few comprehensive studies that deal with strategic aspects of neither the tourism sector nor frameworks to enhance innovative tourism for sustainable development. Due to such precincts and lack of comprehensive research, strategic management of tourism and its development to the fullest potential is difficult. Tourism is a powerful vehicle for economic growth and job creation is a reckoned global phenomenon. International tourist arrivals to SSA have been on increase making it one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. Hence, adopting an exploratory approach with a systematic literature review with contextual analysis this study aims to fill this gap and deliberates on the requisite strategic framework for innovative tourism and sustainable development in Namibia.

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Section: Significance Of Tourism Contextmentioning

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Strategic Framework for Innovative Tourism and Sustainable Development in Namibia

Baporikar

2022

International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Digital Age

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“…A series of policy measures meant to improve the frame conditions for business firms and overall regional development should accompany cluster formation as a coherent package including economic, legal, institutional, infrastructure, cultural, and sociopolitical elements. The aim of such a package should be the definition of a`regional profile' that will stress and take advantage of the specific feature of each local area (Funck and Kowalski, 1997). In addition, a learning process for the establishment of local clusters and networks is still required for new market economies and transition countries (Steiner, 2002).…”

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The Question of Clusters in Lagging Regions: Do They Really Make the Difference? A Case Study in Romania

Constantin

Păuna

Dragusin

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Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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In the last few decades clusters have become a very attractive concept for economic practice: they are approached as a key source of competitive advantage, mainly in connection with their capacity to be critical drivers of innovation which is heavily concentrated from a geographical viewpoint. As argued by the European Cluster Memorandum (European Cluster Alliance, 2007), clusters stimulate the emergence of new ideas in networks of cooperating business firms and institutions, lowering the barriers for transforming new ideas into businesses. In line with this overall orientation the strong cluster support offered by the EU has been conceived in tight relation to those cohesion policy programmes aiming at fostering regional innovation and knowledge-based networks. Indeed, in the last two decades there has been shown to be enormous concern with growth based on science and innovation, with a special emphasis on technology-intensive activities. Nevertheless, the``obsession with high-tech industries'' (Trippl, 2010, page 193) has begun to encounter sharp criticism by several authorsöthe idea that medium-tech and low-tech industries could also be innovative and could provide substantial impulse to regional growth is getting more attention (

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Rolf Funck (1930–2015): Developing Regional Science in Europe

Constantin

2020

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Innovative Behaviour, R&D Development Activities and Technology Policies in Countries in Transition: The Case of Central Europe

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Strategic Framework for Innovative Tourism and Sustainable Development in Namibia

Strategic Framework for Innovative Tourism and Sustainable Development in Namibia

The Question of Clusters in Lagging Regions: Do They Really Make the Difference? A Case Study in Romania

Rolf Funck (1930–2015): Developing Regional Science in Europe

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