Ian Seymour Yeoman and Daniel William Mackenzie Wright
As the Journal of Tourism Futures celebrates its 10th Anniversary, Dr Ian Yeoman (Hotel Management School Leeuwarden) interviews Dr Daniel Wright (University of Central…
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As the Journal of Tourism Futures celebrates its 10th Anniversary, Dr Ian Yeoman (Hotel Management School Leeuwarden) interviews Dr Daniel Wright (University of Central Lancashire) about the future genre of science fiction and his publications.
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A personal interview.
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Science fiction research is about asking difficult questions, the questions we feel uncomfortable asking and answering. Science fiction is a powerful medium to imagine the future, which students love as it is provocative. In the interview, Dr Wright reflects upon his own writing from immortality to the end of the world.
Originality/value
The power of science fiction, as a genre of transformation, skepticism and thinking out of the box, is often missing in futures studies and scenario planning.
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Ian Yeoman and Una McMahon-Beatte
The authors identify five driving forces of changes that are shaping the discourses about food tourism. The paper aims to discuss this issue.
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The authors identify five driving forces of changes that are shaping the discourses about food tourism. The paper aims to discuss this issue.
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The approach used by this paper is a general review.
Findings
The five driving forces identified are: food tourism as political capital; food tourism as a visionary state; what it means to be a foodie; the drive for affluence and exclusivity; fluid experiences in a post-modernist world.
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The five drivers of change are identified as the core of any food tourism strategy for policy makers.
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Gina Vega and Roland E. Kidwell
This article advances a conceptual typology delineating the differences and similarities between business- and social-sector new venture creators. Our classification scheme…
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This article advances a conceptual typology delineating the differences and similarities between business- and social-sector new venture creators. Our classification scheme differentiates business and social entrepreneurs, considering characteristics of social entrepreneurs in a larger entrepreneurial context.Within a conceptual 2x2 typology based on two dimensions: drive (passion vs. business) and desired return (financial ROI vs. social ROI), we identify and classify 80 examples of new venture creators into one of the quadrants of an enterprise model of entrepreneurs. Preliminary results reveal similarities between social and traditional entrepreneurs and differentiate social entrepreneurs in terms of traits, goals, tendencies, and motivational sources.