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Reinventing the Package Holiday Business

New information and communication technologies

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  • © 1997

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  1. Karsten Kärcher
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Introduction

    • Karsten Kärcher
    Pages 1-24

  3. Related Literature

    • Karsten Kärcher
    Pages 25-49

  4. Theoretical Framework

    • Karsten Kärcher
    Pages 50-69

  5. Methodology

    • Karsten Kärcher
    Pages 70-92

  6. Reasons for the Development of New System Strategies

    • Karsten Kärcher
    Pages 93-130

  7. New System Strategies of Tour Operators

    • Karsten Kärcher
    Pages 131-209

  8. Consequences of the New System Strategies for the Structure of the Package Holiday Business

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    Pages 210-230

  9. Research Conclusions and Recommendations for Further Research

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    Pages 231-239

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 241-354
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About this book

Threatened by disintermediation and the emergence of new information and communication technologies in the travel and tourism industry, tour operators are being forced to reinvent their business activities. The author shows how major European tour operators are developing and implementing new information and communication technology strategies as a response to these threats, thus securing their strategic position in the package holiday business. This research gives a detailed insight into the tour operator sector, particularly in Britain and Germany. Moreover, a theoretical framework is developed and proposed, largely based on industrial organisation and new institutional economics literature, providing a useful methodology for the study of a sector or industry.

About the author

Dr. Karsten Kärcher studierte Informatik und Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Kaiserslautern und Operational Research an der University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Schottland. Mit der hier angezeigten Arbeit promovierte er an der Strrathclyde Business School in Glasgow und an der Hochschule St. Gallen.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reinventing the Package Holiday Business

  • Book Subtitle: New information and communication technologies

  • Authors: Karsten Kärcher

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-91377-7

  • Publisher: Deutscher Universitätsverlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8244-0338-7Published: 01 May 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-322-91377-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 352

  • Number of Illustrations: 191 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Business and Management, general

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