Knowledge Dynamics in Sustainable Standard Setting in Tourism - The case of "Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA)"

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The development of standards and certification programs in global tourism has gained importance in consumption-production nexus. The paper is dealing with '€œFair Trade in Tourism South Africa'€ (FTTSA), one of the first innovative service standards with a focus on the social dimension of sustainability. Until now, there has been little detailed exploration in the evolutionary trajectories of sustainable tourism standards from a knowledge-based perspective. This paper will contribute to a deeper understanding of the standard creation in global-local interaction processes over time and its impacts on the micro level of the firms. Conceptually it builds on two scientific debates - the neo-institutional approaches in organizational theory focussing on institution building and the research on innovation and knowledge dynamics. Empirically, it is based on 32 interviews conducted with different actor groups.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Papers on Innovation and Space ; No. 04.12

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness ; Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa ; Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
• Subject: Knowledge Dynamics ; Sustainable standards ; Institutional theory ; South Africa ; Tourism

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Strambach, Simone ; Surmeier, Annika
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography
• (where): Marburg
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/111880
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET