Corporate Rivalry and Market Power

Competition Issues in the Tourism Industry

Bibliographic Data

ID19909489
EditorsAndreas Papatheodorou
Year2006
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCorporate Rivalry and Market Power (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherI.B.Tauris & Co Ltd (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5040/9780755620227
OpenAlexW4240548014
ISBN9780755620227
LanguageEN
Citations received2

"Conventional wisdom paints a picture of the tourism industries as made up of many small and medium enterprises with no strategic behaviour. The reality, however, is different: in addition to these small and medium enterprises a powerful oligopoly of service providers and intermediaries has emerged, employing sophisticated techniques of corporate rivalry to enhance their position and exercise market power. "Corporate Rivalry and Market Power" is the first work to investigate this reality and to provide an integrated perspective on competition issues in tourism. The work begins with an overview of the main principles and issues in competition analysis. Corporate rivalry in the areas of transport for tourism, the accommodation sector and travel distribution are then examined, drawing examples and case studies from the international arena. Among the studies included are corporate rivalry and competition in the airline industry, the impact of information technology on tourism competition, the travel distribution system in the US retail sector and competition in visitor attractions and holiday parks. Finally, emerging problems and the measures required to alleviate them are discussed

Business · Economics · Microeconomics · Physics · Power (physics) · Rivalry · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Globalization, Economics, and Policies · International Business and FDI