Purpose – The international hotel industry's growth has been achieved via the simultaneous divestment of real estate portfolios and adoption of low risk or “asset light” market entry modes such as management contracting. The management implications of these market entry mode decisions have...

Purpose – This article aims to explore how understanding the challenges faced by companies' attempts to create competitive advantage through their human resources and HRM practices can be enhanced by insights into the concept of strategic groups within industries. Based within the...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Episodes of vertical disintegration -- chapter 3 Hotels as a property asset class -- chapter 4 The role of professional service firms -- chapter 5 The provision of hotel management services -- chapter 6 Becoming brand owners and managers -- chapter 7...

Purpose : This chapter aims to critically explore the nature of mentoring initiatives through the conceptual lenses of social capital and communities of practice offering a distinctive understanding of talent management (TM) innovations in the international hospitality industry....