Collective Entrepreneurship in the Contemporary European Services Industries : A Long Term Approach.

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fernández Pérez, Paloma
Otros Autores: San Román, Elena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
Colección:Frontiers of management history.
Temas:
Service industries > Europe > Management.
Entrepreneurship > Europe.
Services (Industrie) > Europe > Gestion.
Entrepreneuriat > Europe.
Service industries.
Business & Economics > Industries / Service.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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