1. Introduction Michelle McLeod and Roger Vaughan 2. Tourism-planning network knowledge dynamics Dianne Dredge 3. Social network dynamics and innovation in small tourism companies Flemming Sørensen and Lars Fuglsang 4. Tourism networks, knowledge dynamics and co-creation Gareth Shaw 5. Managing tourism knowledge: concepts and approaches Chris Cooper 6. Socially-based inter-business knowledge sharing: a case study Michelle McLeod, Roger Vaughan and Jonathan Edwards 7. Diffusion of tourism knowledge through stakeholder networks Noel Scott and Adao Flores 8. Knowledge management and diffusion: the network paradigm Rodolfo Baggio 9. Data collection for social network analysis in tourism research Dimitris Christopoulos and Florian Aubke 10. Analyzing inter-business knowledge sharing in the tourism sector Michelle McLeod 11. Conclusion Michelle McLeod and Roger Vaughan
Biography
Michelle McLeod is Lecturer in Tourism Management at the University of the West Indies. Her tourism industry experience spans over twenty years. Her present research interests are in the subject areas of tourism, knowledge management, knowledge networks, social networks, partnerships, policy and productivity, tourism policy, and tourism planning and development.
Roger Vaughan is an economist who is currently Professor of Tourism Economics at Bournemouth University. His research has focused on the economic impacts of different leisure time activities (tourism, the Arts and countryside recreation) and on strategies, tactics and the evaluation of tourism development in rural and urban areas. He has also undertaken studies of the use and adoption of information technology in tourism. He is a Fellow of the Tourism Society.
