of tourism development, in particular those related to the role of innovation and human resources. The final section …Editorial Introduction -- Part I: Socio-Economic Impacts of Tourism -- Part II: Innovation and Competitiveness in …

Preface -- Part A: Knowledge and Innovation in Space -- Part B: Human Capital and Regional Growth -- Part C: Spatial … evolution or global change. In the past decade, an avalanche of new regional economic growth and innovation models has been put …

Business Model Innovation -- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises -- Implementation of Business Model Innovations. …The literature on business model innovation mainly regards large enterprises and is not tailored to SME characteristics … the value creation systems on the whole. Yet, business model innovation is still a rather ambiguous term and depends on …

Growth -- Part III: The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth … driven by knowledge and innovation. It offers novel empirical evidence on the underlying factors of the growth performance of … innovation in the development strategies of the dynamic growth regions? What are the risks and consequences of dynamic growth on …

assets and characteristics comprising inter alia creativity, knowledge, innovation forces and entrepreneurship. Access to and … perspective to help cultivate creativity, human capital development and innovation as well as entrepreneurial activity, with a …