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Tourism Policy Research Group Public Seminar

Department of Marketing, Branding and Tourism

 

Date:               Wednesday 3rd December, 2014

Time:              12.30pm (with lunch)

Venue:            Committee Room 2, Hendon Town Hall (The Burroughs, Hendon, London, NW4 4BQ)

 

The Tourism Policy Research Group (TPRG) invites you to this seminar to be delivered by Professor Levent Altinay, Oxford Brookes University.

 

Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Study of Turkish and Chinese Speaking Small Businesses in London

 

Abstract: This presentation will report on the findings of a study on how entrepreneurs' socio-cultural backgrounds influence the entrepreneurial orientation of firms and how this in turn influences firm growth. This study was conducted with particular reference to Turkish and Chinese speaking small firms in London, operating in a variety of sectors including manufacturing, retailing, and catering. The presentation will shed some insights into the socio-cultural environment of the ethnic businesses and argue that not only co-ethnic customers and competitors but also both mainstream customers and competitors have a bearing on the entrepreneurial orientation of ethnic firms. Their entrepreneurial orientation and survival strategies are the result of the interplay between the changes in ethnic and mainstream business environments. The presentation will also share the differences between Turkish and Chinese speaking ethnic entrepreneurs in terms of their use of different networks, survival and competitive strategies.

 

Short Bio:

Altinay’s research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategic alliances and international business. Using primarily qualitative methods as well as mixed methods, he is particularly interested in how entrepreneurs start up and develop their businesses and also how firms establish partnerships internationally. His work has been published in Journal of Business Research, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Services Marketing, The Service Industries Journal, Annals of Tourism Research and Tourism Management. Altinay was a member of the Business & Economics Panel in Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2014 in Hong Kong. He sits on the editorial boards of more than twelve journals including Journal of Services Marketing, The Service Industries Journal, and Management Decision. He is the Associate Editor, Europe, for Journal of Service Theory and Practice JSTP (formerly MSQ). Altinay has strong record of attracting blue chip external funding, including funding from the ESRC and the British Academy. 

 

The seminar series are free and offer a unique opportunity to meet colleagues, share experiences and ideas, and network on various themes affecting tourism research and practice within and outside the UK.

 

To book contact Gulizar Karaca, Programme Administrator Department of Marketing, Branding and Tourism.

 

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Konstantinos Andriotis

Professor in Tourism

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Department of Marketing, Branding and Tourism

Room W215 – Williams Building The Burroughs

London NW4 4BT United Kingdom

 

Co-Editor, International Journal of Tourism Policy

Resource Editor, Annals of Tourism Research 

Editorial Board Member: Cadernos de Economia Journal, Caribbean Journal of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, International Journal of Cultural Management, International Journal of Heritage and Sustainable Development (IJHSD), International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing (IJLTM), International Journal of Social Sciences (IJoSS), International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, International Journal of Tourism Sciences (IJTS), International Scientific Journal - TURIZAM, International Scientific Journal Geographica Pannonica, Island Dynamics: Occasional Papers, Revista de Turism Journal (Journal of Tourism), Tourism and Hospitality Management

Editorial Advisory Board: The Open Area Studies Journal, The Open Management Journal, The Open Sociology Journal, Tourismos - An International Multidisciplinary Journal of Tourism

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