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Author:   Godfrey Baldacchino
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9781138789982

ISBN 10:   1138789984
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   04 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Editorial: Small Island States and Territories: Vulnerable, Resilient, but Also Doggedly Perseverajt and Cleverly Opportunistic Godfrey Baldacchino Part 1: General Considerations 2. Dark Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories Ilan Kelman and Cheney Shreve 3. The Diasporic Economy, Trade and Entrepreneurship in the Island Caribbean Keith Nurse 4. Pathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Small Island Economies: The Case of Åland Katarina Fellman, Jouko Kinnunen, Bjarne Lindström, and Richard Palmer Part 2: Niche Natural Products and Manufacturing 5. Knitting and More from Fair Isle, Scotland: Small Island Tradition and Mocroentrepreneurship Richard W. Butler 6. Entrepreneurs in Aquaculture: A Case Study from the Faroes Gestur Hovgaard 7. Biosciences and BioVectra on Prince Edward Island, Canada James E. Randall Entrepreneurial Traits, Niche Strategy, and International Expansion of a Small Firm on a Small Island Territory: Ligne St Barth in St Barthélemy, France Karen L Orengo Serra and Sopheap Theng 9. LYSI in Iceland: Purifying the Gold of the Sea Gylfi Dalmann Adalsteinsson and Runolfur Smari Steinthorrsson 10. Coconut Power: Biofuel from Coconuts in the Solomon Islands Carola Betzold Part 3: Tourism Segments 11. Visiting Guam or Guahan? The Colonial Context amd Cultural Decolonization of an Island’s Tourism Industry Michael Lujan Bevacqua and Hermon Farahi 12. Medical Tourism in Barbados: Negotiating Inherent Tensions Krystyna Adams, Rebecca Whitmore, Rory Johnston, and Valorie A. Crooks 13. Casino Tourism: How Does Entrepreneurship Change Macau? Ipkin Anthony Wong and Ricardo Chi Sen Siu Part 4: Other Intangibles 14. Software and Electronic Gaming Industries in Malta Mario Aloisio 15. Jersey, a Small Island International Finance Center: Adapting a Service Michael Entwistle and Michael J. Oliver 16. Tuvalu: Entrepreneurship and the Dot TV Phenomenon Godfrey Baldacchino and Colin S. Mellor Part 5: Island Entrepreneurship: A Personal Testimony 17. Being a Small Island Entrepreneur—Making Cheese from Bruny Island, Tasmania Nick Haddow Part 6: Epilogue 18. Conclusion: A New Paradigm Léo-Paul Dana

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Godfrey Baldacchino is Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Labour Studies, both at the University of Malta, Malta. He is an Island Studies Teaching Fellow at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Canada

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