Purpose – This paper aims to examine the elements of the main process of pilgrimage tourism (PT), occurring between pilgrims, hikers and tourists along a trail towards a holy site. PT is defined as a process consisting of three sub-processes over time and across contexts: pre-process, main...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue that critically examines topics informing long‐standing disputes concering the status of theory and practice in management studies. Contributions explore the character of the imputed relationship between theory and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue “The Entrepreneurship Challenges in Latin America”. Design/methodology/approach: Latin America and the Caribbean is a region with many potentialities. Like one of the largest markets in the world, entrepreneurship...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a corporate effort to implement a sustainable business model. Design/methodology/approach – A Norwegian producer of office chairs, selling products across Europe, is examined in this study. Information has been collected from...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to describe the concept of sustainable tourism planning, establishing the theoretical foundations, the components that make up the model, and the relationships that ensure the sustainability of a tourist destination. Design/methodology/approach – Tourism...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to describe a multi‐layer matrix model of sustainable tourism. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual discussion and illustration is provided. Findings – It incorporates multiple layers of a proposed process of sustainable tourism and areas of...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present a biographical sketch of Lee C. Nehrt, who, in 1962, became the first person to obtain a PhD in International Business. Design/methodology/approach – This study is mainly based on an in‐depth interview of Lee Nehrt followed up by several...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how much one's academic development and environment influence the way one performs, evaluates, writes and tries to publish basic, scholarly marketing research. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of results from initial journal submissions...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and examine streams in the literature related to academic publishing, with a focus on works in marketing. The content of the works within each theme are then explored to identify what issues have been examined and their implications....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer observations regarding best and weak practices with respect to academic publishing in marketing. Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of personal reflections based on the experience of the author as an editor of the Journal...